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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
MEMOm
UPON THE FORMATION OF A DEAF VARIETY OF THE HUMAN RACE.
BT
ALEXANDER OBAHAM BELL
99 A— BELL 1
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UPON THE FORMATION OF A DEAF VARIETY OF THE HUMAN RACE.
A PAPEK VRKKKMTBn TO TItK ttATWSAL ArADKUY OF aOIESdllS AT SKW HAVKN, NOVKMHBK 13, 18S3.
Intboductoby Kfhabks.
The infliienoe of selection in in(Nllfyint; our breeds of doinoHtic animals is most marked, and it
is reasonable to suppose that if we could apply selection to the human race we could also produce
modifications or varieties of men.
But how can wo ascertain the susceptibility of the human race to variation produced by selec-
tion t We cannot dictate to men and women whom they shall marry, and natural selection no
longer influences mankind to any great extent.
We can see around us everywhere evidences of the transmission by heredity of characteristics,
both desirable and undesirable, but at first sight no general selective iniiuonce appears to be at
work to bring about the union in marriage of persons iwssessing the same congenital peculiarities.
On the contrary, sexual attractioi: often appears to operate ailer the manner of magnetical attrac-
tion— " unlike imles attract, like poles repel." Strong, vigorous, and robust men naturally feel
a tenderness for weak, delicate, and fragile women, and are generally rei)elled by physical strength
and masculine tniits in one of the opitosite sex. Kven in such characteristics as the color of the
hair and eyes, i|jflflen appears that unlikes attract.
Certain disefises are known to be liable to transmission by heredity. But we do not tind epi-
leptics marrying epileptics, or consumptives knowingly marrying consumptives. Even though
persons aftlicted with the same here<litAry disease were to intermarry for a number of successive
generations, it i#iloubtful whether any ))ermanent variety of the race could be formed in this way,
for the increased tendency to disease inherited by the offspring would probably cause a greater
tendency to premature death and ultimately occasion the extinction of the variety.
On the other hand, it is reasonable to suppose that the (continuous intermarriage of persons
IMissessing cuogcnital defects nut sis80(;iatcd with diminished vitality or vigor of constitution would
result after a number of generations in the production of a vigorous but defective variety of the
race. For instance, the absence of coloring matter from the skin and hair is a defect occasionally
found among human beings, and we may learn from the success of attempts to propagate Albinism
among animals, that wo would probably produce a pink-eyed, white-haire<l variety of the human
race by causing Albinos to marry one another ; but this is only speculation. We cannot control
tlie marriages of men as we can the breeding of animals, and at first sight there seems to be no
way of ascertaining how far human beings are susceptible of variation by selection.
S
4 MEMOIRS OF TIIK NATIONAL ACADEMY OF BOIENOBS.
Snch » conoliifiion, however, would lie incorrect; mid I desire t4) direet attention to the ftust
that in this country deaf-mutes marry Aeaf-muten.
An examination of tlic recordH of Honie of our institutions for the deaf and dumb reveals the
fact that such marriages arc not the exception, but the rule. For tlie last fifty years there has been
some selective influence at work wliicli has caused, and is still causing, the continnons selection of
the deaf by the deaf in marriage.
If the laws of heredity that are known to hold in the cnon of animals also apply to man, the
intermarriage of congenital dcnf-niutes through a number of successive generations should result
in the formation of a deaf variety of the humnn race.
On the other hand, if it <!an Im^ shown that congenitnlly deaf persons marry one another
without any greater lial)ility to the pnMluction of deaf oil'spring than is to be found among the
people at large, then it will be evident that we cannot safely apply to man the deductions that
have been drawn from experiments u|H)n animals.
There are g(HMl grounds for the belief that a thorough investigation of the marriages ot the
deaf and the influence of these marriages u|M)n the offspring will uflford a solution of the problem,
"To what extent is the human race susceptible of variation by selection T
Although the statistics I have Iteen able to collect are very incomplete, I have ventured to
bring the subject to the attention of the Academy, in the hope that the publication of the results
so far obtnined may lead to the completion of the statistics.
Chapter I.
UPON THE MATERUL8 FOB TIIK FORMATION OF A DEAF VASIBTT OF THE HUMAN BAOE AT
PREHENT EXISTING IN AHBBIOA.
Tlie first difficulty encountered in the inquiry is that the published reports of our institutions
for the denf and dumb contain very little information bearing upon the subject, but, judging fVom
the questions that are asked of the parents or guanlians of the pupils, there must be among the
unpublished records of our institutions an immense collection of valuable facts relating to heredity
at present inaccessible to the public. Many of the reports of the institutions contain little more
of interest in this connection than a catalogue of the pupils. The mere lists of names, however,
become of value by diiccting attention to the fact that among the pupils who have l)cen admitted
to many of our institutions, numerous groups of deaf-mutes are to be found who have the same
surname.
No one would be surprised by the moderate recurrence of such common names as "Smith" or
"Brown" or "Johnson" — as the recurrences might be accidental, and have no other significance
than to indicate the prevalence of these names in the community at large. lint can it be acci-
dental that there should have been wlmitted iuto one institution eleven deaf-mutes of the name of
"Lovfjoy," seven of the name of "Derby," and six of the name of "Mayhew." Wliat interpreta-
tion shall we place ui>on the fact that groups of deaf mutes are to be found having such names as
" Blizzard," " Fahy ," " Hulott," " Closson," " Brasher," " Gopher," " Oortschalg," &c. t Such names
are by no means common in the community at large, aud the inference is irresistible that in many
cases the recurrences indicate blood-relationship among the pupils.
An examination of a number of institution reports shows that these recurrences are altogether
too numerous to be entirely accidental, and we are forced to conclude, (1) that deafness runs in
certain families, (2) that these families are very numerous, and (3) that they are to be found in all
parts of th(^ United States.
The following list of recurring surnames, takon from the 1877 report of the American Asylum
for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb (Hartford, Conn.), will show how numerous these recur-
rences are among the pupils of our older institutions :
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MHMOIKH OK TUK NATIONAL AOADKMY OF SOIBNOKS.
T AHLK I.— Recurrence o/Hurniinum among li,MW pupiU ii4mUted between the year* 1817 ani 1877.
Amerloaii ANyliiin for the etiiiontioii of ileufniiito*, lUrtroril, Conu.
Nninim
Naiiiro
NlllllUH
NaineH
NaniuH
NllllD'll
Nainea
Naniei
NanieR
NanioB
Nuiiioii
ftccMirritiK
iiocurrin)(
ncciirriii);
ocoiirriiiK
iMM'urritig
ovourriiiK
ocourrir
occiirni.<(
occiirriiiK
ocoiirriiiK
occurring
!if> tiiiicH
17 llnicN
l;i tliucH
13 timPH
II tiiiieH
10 tiimw
I) timoii
8 tiiiK'ft ;
7 tiiiK'H:
U tiiiieK;
Names occurring 5 tiuiOH
Names occurring I times
Names o«!curriug 'A tinipN
Names occurring 'i timrs
Mmith.
Allen.
Itrown.
Cani|iliell, Unvis.
White.
('Inrke, Johnson, liovejoy.
Hmull.
Fuller, (ireen. West, Williams, WimmI.
liailey, Kurtlett, IVrkins, KichunlMiin, Hogors, Wright.
Urrliy, .lack, Marsh, Martin, Merrill, Thomas.
Herry, BnMi-r, liawley, Marshall, Mayliew, Morse, O'llrien, Wowe, Kus-
seli, Stevens, Hwett, Taylor, Tri|i|).
Andrews, Hull, Hiirnuril, lilixxiinl, Chupman, Cook, Curtis, Donnlfoii,
Fisk, French, llolnies, Howe, Juekson, Kimball, Meaeham, New-
eomlH!, Packer, I'arker, Tease, I'orler, Heed, HiiN-nm, Sullivan, Til-
ton, Welister, Wilson, Young.
linker, llennett, lliKelow, liishop, Unrliee, Chaniller, KIlis, KmerMin,
Fahy, Fisher, Foster, (iilhert, llummonti, Hill, lloll, lliilett, Hull,
•lellison, Jones, Kendall, Kennedy, Ijiild, liUee, Mnrr, Maylmrry,
Miller, Morgan, U'Neill, I'age, I'arsons, I'rior, Qninn, Kohhins,
Kyan, Srnvell, Stone, Strong, Stuart, Thom|)Mon, Turner, Wake
Held, Ward, Welch, Wells, Wiswell.
Aliliotl. Aeheson, Allurd, Alkins, Hadger, Itaitlwin, ItarneN, Barrett,
Hliikcly, Kliss, Itoardwin, Hiiggs, llriiee, liurnhani. Caution, t.'ar-
penler. (/'arter, Chmsen, Clongli, Cohit, Cummins, Daniels, Dunnison,
Drown, Dudley, Kdwards, Fish, Frank, (ioodrieh, dray, Haley,
lliiHkell, Holilen, Hunter, Ingriiham, Joiilan, Lall'erty, Lumliert,
Liiraliee, Livingston, Lomlinnl, l.ynnin, Maeonilier, Mahoney, Mann,
MeCarty, Mitchell, Moore, MiuTiNon, Muwry. .Murphy. Nelson, New-
ton, Noyeg, Osg(Mid, I'almer, Terry, I'latI, Tratt, Prescott, Kandall,
Ke^nohls, Koliertstui, Sage, Sawyer, >^hennan, .>^loane, Stebhins,
Stevenson, Taft, Titeombe, Town, Trask, Wardman, Watson,
Wentworth, Wheeler, Whitcumb, Wilkins, Wiuslow, Woislward.
These are too numerous to be quoted here. There are two hnndriMl and
fiiiiitern of them.
ji
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The following tablt's show that th« i)iii)ils referred to ahnvo foiiHtitiito iDori' than <J.T per cent,
of the total number of ])iipilH admitted :
Table II. — Recurrence of Hurnamex among the pupilH of the American Any him for (haf-miites, Hart-
/<»tl, Vottn, (1877 Report.)
Nil. iif |iii|iilii
rrpremuttsl.
7M nanu's occur 1 time 7ft4
!iU names occur 'i tinu's 4'iS
81 names occur :< times 343
45 naums ocrnr 4 tinu's 180
37 nanms occur .'> times 13G
i;i names occur (i times 78
6 names occur 7 times 43
6 names occur H limes 48
r> names occur il tinus ^ 4&
1 name occurs 10 tin s 10
;{ names occur 11 limes 33
1 name occurs 13 times : 18
3 names occur 13 times 38
I name occurs 17 times 17
1 name occurs 30 tinu-s 20
1 name occurs 3.'> times 35
1,171 2,10tJ
THK KOKMATION OK A UKAK VAItlKTV OF TIIK HUMAN RACK.
Taiilu 1 1 1. — SKowinfi revurrenvn of nHmurnvn and imrt^Uifjen u/ Ihv wkol«,
(Aiiioriuiiii AHyhiiii, 1M77 |{«|Hirl.)
Niiiiilicr of hiiriittiiifH.
7A4 nitiiioH oL'ciir onvo
VU iiiiiiiea iM.M!ur tw icii
IWt imiiii'N (M'ciir llinwi or mora ItnieH .
1,171
NiiiiiIht of iiiipiU I l'«roHiita|{)< of tlio
r«|iraiMiiit«Ml. wholv.
764
498
014
8,106
w. :<
4:1.4
luo.0
The Aiiiflrienii AHyliim, at llnrtt'onl, Ounii., wiwt UHtabliHlied in 1H17, iiiidtir tliu putroiingo of
Congress, as u school t4i Iw open to all thu doaf iniiti'M of thu ITnitetl Statoii. Ah mm cuntora of
instrnction sprung up the Hiipply of pupils fmni the more distant States was prautiually uut off,
and the institution is more representative of the New England States than of the whole country.
This will be obvious iVoni the following table (Table IV), which gives a synopsis of 2,100 cases
admitte<l to the asylum before May, 1877, classified according to residence.
Taiilk IV.— CUnmiJInation of pupHn in renpect to rmdence.
(Aiiivricnii Anyliiiii, 1877 I{it|i<irt.)
Where rniiii. No.
Maiiio :KtG
New IIiiiii|mhini till
Viiriiioiit 'iX\
Mnwuicliiim-tlH 7!<1
KIioiIk IhIiiiiiI 1)7
New .Kirsfy 7
Ditttrirt of C'oliiiiiliiu 2
Vii'Kiniii 11
North rurolina 4
Smith Caroliiin 1J>
GoiirKiik '^7
Aluhitiiiu -1
lAiniHiiknii 1
TexuH 1
Indiuiiii 1
Whnro fnini. No.
CoiiiiKUtiviil 'Mi
Citlil'oriiiik 2
ri'iniNylviiiiiit 14
Mnry Iniid r>
New York 'M
llliiioiH ii
Michigan 1
WiHlMIIIHill 1
Ohio «
HritiNli I'niviiicuH 35
Wfoi IndifH 1
Went VirKiiiia 1
8,100
In order to show that the immerons recurrence of surnames is not conilned to the deaf-mutes
of the New England States nor to the pupils of our oldest institutions, I give a list of recurring
surnames taken from the 18813 report of the Illinois Institution.
This institution, although only opened in 1846, is now the largest of its kind in the world, and
it may fairly be taken as representative of a large section of country in the West.*
Table V. — Recurrence of mrnameft among 1,)»20 pupih admitted between the yearn 1810 and 1882.
(IlliuoiH IiiHtitiitioii fur tlio Deaf and Diiinli, JackHonville, III.)
NaiiieH oGoiirring 18 tiiiifH: Smith.
NuuioH occurring 1(> timoH: Hniwii.
NniiinH ocoiirrinK 10 tiiii«H: AndorHoii, Millur.
NamuM occurring DtiuioH: KdwardH, WiUon.
Names occurring 8 tinicM: tlohuson.
* A* the American Asylum and Illinois Institution may be tukou ,uh repniHontiitivo institutions, I prusont in an
appendix a critical analysis of all the casts recorded in the reports referred to. (See TablesA to N, in the appendix.)
For this analysis I am indebted to Mr. Franck Z. Maguire, of Washington, D. C, and I have ]ieriionally veritied
his results.
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MKMOIR8 OF TUB NATIONAL ACADEMY OF 80IKNCK8.
y .m MoiirrlnR 7 MmM
NaniM (icoiirring 6 tdnM
Nuninii ncoiirring 5 tiiu<<it
Nmiim occiirriiiK 4 tiiiiiM
NaraM uccnrring 3 1! ;*m :
Da via, JonM,
Kelly, Mltohfill, M<i«m, WkIuIi, White, WllllaiiiN, WrJKlit.
Ailania, Allmi, Clark, Hall, \mo, l^»m, Ht<i|ilii<iia, Tiiylor, ThonipMiii, Wolf.
Bailey, llarnci, llerry, Vox, Uiiiiii, llitrria, lllxoii, lliiiniiaii, Jaooby, JaniM
MoOllellaiMl, Murphy, HtiirKeuii, Hiilllvaii, Towiiaend, Walker.
Amiiiona, lluker, liiillnrd, lt<,yil, Hraahrr, KriMiki, Itiiokloy, ('am|ilt«ll, Carroll,
(Chamberlain, Cuiiii, Coplier, (Crawfitril, Dariirll, I)oy«ir, FonI, Fuller, Qlbaon,
OiKMlner, GinmIwIii, OorUohalK, Orny, ll»r|)er. Hill, Kuil, Koniimly, I.auKhlin,
MuParluiKl, MnGary, Hcl.«aii, McNeal, Merrill, MurKan, Nellaon, Nlohola,
Sliiiiiionila, 8t«rliiiKi Stewart, Htuiit.
Naiiieii itoourriiiK ^ tiiiio* : Theae are too nnmeroiin to be i|iiote4l here. There iire KiO of them.
The following tables show that the pupila referred to above ooiistititte more than 41 i>er cent,
of the whole nnmber of pupils admitted :
Table Yl.—Reeurrence of immamet among the pupih of the UlinoU Tnntitulion for the Ikaj and
Dumb.
(1883 Keport.)
Mo. of pupllt
rapnwantcd.
IKUI uameN occur 1 time iK)3
IMI name* occur t< timoa :HN)
3U iiBUiea <iccur 3 time* 117
16 iiameM occur 4 times tM
10 iinuieH occur Ti time* 50
7 nniue* occur (i tiuiea Vi
2 iiaiiioii occur 7 tlmca 14
1 name occurs t) timea 8
12 nnme* occur Vtimes 18
t numes occur 10 times !i(l
1 nauio occurs 1(1 timoa 1(1
1 uauie occurs 18 times 18
1,184 l.OiU
Table VII. — Recnrrtnee of surnames and percentages of the whole.
(IlliuolH luHlilutioii, 1882 Report.)
Number of snrnnmos.
Nnmber of pupils
reprciu-ntcd.
:wo
:j67
Percentage of the
wliiile.
fi8.8
18..'-.
22.7
81 names occur three or more times ...
1,184
1,G20
100.0
The recurrence of numerous surnames among the pupils of very many of our institutions for
the deaf and dumb renders it highly probable that a considerable proportion of the deaf-mutes of the
country belong to families containing more than one deaf-mute, and hence possess hereditary tendeneiet
to deafness.
The same conclusion is still more forcibly suggested to the mind by a perusal of the few insti-
tution reiH>rt8 that record the deaf-mute relatives of the pupils. The following tables (Tables
VIII, IX, X, XI, XII) bearing ufwu this subject have been compiled from the 1877 Report of the
THE FORMATION OF A DEAF VARIETY OF THE HUMAN RACE.
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Aiiioriuiiti AHyliii'i.* Tlioy hUow tliiit of 2,1(N( piipilH iMlinitUxl to Mint iiiHtitiitioii, U1t>(, or iitmrly
3.') p«r fluiit., wuru known to liiivi^ ilmil'iiiutu r»liitkui4. Tliu Hl){iiltluiiiioe of tliU hi^aoniOH more
uppiinMit whon wu lliiil Mint hi tliu iiiikjority of tlioHu <*itH«ri tin* inipilM liuvn mom than ono r«la-
tivu tlouf untl (luuil), wiiilu in n tuw ciihdm tw mtiny im atlvmti dciir innt«) rultttivuH iire rauonled.
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I'litlicr, iiiiitlii'r, 'i lit'iillici'N, mill 1 itiMli'i'.
Iiktlii'i', iiiiitlii'i', I lirollii'i', mill 'J hInIitn.
I'lillii-r, iiiiillii'r, I lii'iillirr, ami r> mirli'H ami
lllllllN.
fatlirr, iiiiitlii'i', 1 HJMtfr, 1 iiiirlf, ami I aunt.
tutlii'r, iiintlii-r, 'J lirollirrN, ami 2 iiiirli-ii.
I'atliiT, iiiKllicr, 'i HUtrrn, miil I iiiirln.
fatlii'i', iiiiitlii'r, I liriitliiT, 1 xlHtrr, ami 1 iiiiulu.
fatlii'i', iiiutlii'r, mill I cniiHiii.
fatlii-r. Mini, 1 ninIit, '2 iicpliowH, iiml 'i oIIiit nOa-
lIVfN.
fatliiT, 'i NinliTN, ami otiirr rrliilivt-M.
latlirl', I lii'iitlii'i', ami I NUtrr.
latlii-r, I lii'iitlii'i, I MiNtiT, anil 1 l'iiiinIii.
Iitlln'r, 4 lii'iitlii'iH, 1 HJHli-r, ami 1 riniNin.
fatlit'i', II lii'iilliiTs, 'i HiNtiTN, anil 1 iMxiHiii,
inotlii'r anil I Inollu'r.
niiitliri' anil '■! hInIith.
imitlirr, I lirollii'i', ami t hIhIit.
niiitlirr, 1 lirotlicr, !{ NiHtiTH, ami I roiiMiii.
niotliur, 'i linillii'iK, 1 NiNli'r, ami 1 I'oiisin.
inollii'r ami I nm'li>,
uiiitlivr ami W niicti'H.
1 chilli.
1 chilli and 1 lirutlii'i'.
1 chilli ami I MJHtitr.
1 cliilil ami 'i NisturH.
1 chilli ami 1 cmiNin.
2 cliililrnn ami I lirittlii'r.
'i cliililri'ii, I linithcr, anil *,{ sistoru.
» chililriMi.
3 chililmi ami 1 lirullii'r.
:t chililn-n, I tirothcr, nml t cousin.
3 chililrcn ami 1 rniiHiii.
:i chililruii ami iitlinr rclativi'x.
4 chililri-n.
5 cliililri'n anil 1 lirollu-r.
5 chililri'n ami 'i lirothci-x.
'y chihlroti, 1 brother, nml 'i MinlorH.
1 slater.
1
1
1
:i-i
U
4
9
'i
1
6
10
9
1
3
Oi-nfaml iliinili rtlallvra of iin|illi«.
»1
141
47
\'i
xiKlrrii,
niallTH.
NiNllTH.
MihliT aiiiM rnMNiii,
nixii'i. I riTiiHiii, ami 1 nncle.
Niiati'i mill :t riiiiMiiiii.
hImIi-i, :t I'liiiHJnM, ami I nucle.
Kinlrr mill 4 I'lMINillH.
hIhIit, li ritiiNiiiM, nml t nncle.
Hinti't' ami 1 iinri)'.
NiNiiT mill 1 aunt.
Ni^tiT, 'i miiitN ami other rulntivcH.
MiHirr anil iithi-r rclativcN.
HiMtri' anil 4 ntliiT riilativi-«.
KiHtiT ami 14 (itlii'r rdalivcfi.
hIhiit anil 7 iitlicr u-lutivuM.
siKtiT.i mill I I'linNin.
HiNtlTN mill 'i COIIHillH,
HiHtl'I'M anil '.i COIIMillH.
HixtiTH mill 1 iH'cunil-conaln.
linitliiT.
Iirotlii'i ami 1 HiNtxr.
lii'otliiT mill ij NiNlcrH.
Iii'ollii'r ami :i NiHtoi'H.
Iirotlii'r. I MiHliT, ami I riniHiii.
lirntlii'i', 'i niNtiTN, ami 2 uoiiHiiiH.
liiiitlii-r, I niHtor, ami :t comtiiiM.
Iiriilhi'i', I Ni.>ilcr, ami t Hccuml-coiiHiu.
Iiriillii-r. 1 Ni.iti-r, 1 riiiinln, iiud 1 uncle.
Iii'iitlirr ami I I'liiiHiii.
liiotliiT mill '.i I'oiiNinx.
Iirotlii-r mill 4 cniiHiiiN.
lii'iitlii'i', 4 riiiiNinH, ami other rclntivoii,
lii'iitlirr mill 1 aunt.
lii'iithiT ami t niece.
t lii'iitliiT ami '.'■ nc|ilicwM.
1 liriillii'r mill other rcl at ivca.
I lirotlii-r ami 7 other relntivee.
1 lirotliri', I slNtcr, ami 1 Hecond-cuuHJn.
'i liiotlicrx.
'J lirothiTH mill 1 NiHtcr.
2 liriithi'i'H mill 'J HiHterH.
2 liri>tliiTH and 1 coiiHin.
2 Im'oI'ii-i'h, i rouNiiiH, und 2 unoluti,
2 brotlii-rN, I wiHtor, and 2 conainH.
2 liriitlin'H, 2 NiHtiTM, 1 undo, nml 1 nnnt.
2 lirothcrH, 2 HintiTH, and 11 other relativoa.
:< lirothiTM.
:< liriithcrH and 1 Nisler.
:i lirothorH and '.\ Hiatera.
3 brothera, 1 NJater, and 3 aecond-oouaiua.
4 brothera.
*Sc« "The aixty-liriit annual i-i>|>iirt of tin; diruvtnrH ami otllcurM of the AiiiiM'iuaii Aayluui, at Hartford, for the
odiioatioD and ioatructiou of the deaf and iliiinl>," preaenteil to the niyl"'" May l.'i, H77, pp. 43-9U.
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TKJihKYUl.— Deaf and dumb reMiveHo/pHpiU of American Axijlum for Dea/■^lutcH, iiw.—Co\ii\uuei\.
Pnaf and (Innil) relntivM of piipilH.
4 liiotlnTs iiiid 2 sisters.
Ti hriiilicrH,
ft lii'othcrH niul 1 siNtt'r.
1 ciiiiKin.
1 toiLsiii mill I iniclo.
U CDIIHillH.
'2 cousins iiiiil 1 aiiiit.
;t <'ousiiis.
;i t'liiisiiis mill '.\ grpiit-iiiieli'g.
:i roilHiiis mill 'i iiiirli's.
:i ciiiisins uikI '-i iitlicr iflatives.
4 voUHiiiM.
CousiiiH.
Severn 1 ciiiisius,
1 mint.
1 uncle.
Pniiils liavi!ij{ (leat'-iniite relatives til'!'
I'll pi Is reconleil as s]i(irailir cases 1,413
Total i;, llHj
Taulk IX. — Ika/viute relaliren of the pupils.
(American Asylum Cor Deaf-Mutos. Keport for 1877.)
and
-1
"2 "
« >
fcta
II
■a S
« 3
Deaf and dumb relatives of pupils.
/
1 uncle and 1 aunt.
a iiiicles.
1 niece
1 nejihew.
y nephews, 2 nieces, and lollier relative.
1 secoiiil-coiiNiii.
2 si'ioiid-coiisins.
1 tliirilconKiti.
I relative.
•J relatives.
Relatives.
4 relatives.
4 remote relatives.
(i relatives.
603
1
1
L
1 pupil lind one or more ^reat-Kianilptiri'iits deaf and ilumli.
j> pupils had one or nmre ;;rmiilpai'eiits ileal' anil ilniiili.
47 pupils had one or more ]iarents deaf and diinih.
2'.l pupils hail one or more i liildnii ilcif ami dniiili.
'I'.tit pupils had one or more liriitliers or sisters deal' and diimli.
1(1(1 pupils had one or iiiiire cousins deaf and diinili.
:l^ pupils had one or more iiiicles or aniits ileaf and diinili.
1 pupil had one or more irrcat-iiiicles or aunts deaf ,11111 diinili.
46 pupils had one or more distant relatives deaf and dumb.
Table X. — Deaf-mute children of the pupiln.
(American Asylum for Deaf-Mutes. Keport for lf^77.)
'i'.t pupils had 1 or more ehildreii diaf and iliiinb,
1,'') pupils had 2 or mure children deaf and diiinli.
l;i pupils had :t or iiioie cliililren iliaf and diinili.
4 )iiipils had 4 or more children deaf and diiiiih.
:l piipil.s had <~> or more children ileaf ami diimli.
Tauli; XI. — Denfmvte brothers and nixlers of the pupils.
(American Asyluin for Deaf-Mutcs. Report for Ifi77.)
593
pupi
shad 1
or more
brothers
and sisters 1
leaf and dumb.
271
pupi
s had 2
or
more
lirothers and sisti
■IS 1
leaf
and dumb.
llli
piipi
s had :!
or
more
lirothi rs
and sisM
IS 1
leal
and dumb.
r.i
pupi
s had 4
or
more
brothers
and sisti
■rsi
leal
and dumb.
l.--.
I"il>>
s had .'-)
or more
brol hers
and sisters 1
leul
and diiiiil), |
11
pupi
U hud 6
or
mure
brotbers and sist
L-rs dual and dumb.
THE FORMATION OP A DEAF VARIETY OF TliE HUMAN RACE.
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Tadlk XII. — Showing number of pupiln havUuj one or more dca/mute relatives.
(Americiin AHyliim for lli'iif-" .tcH. Hoport for 1877.)
(>'K< piipilH liiiil 1 or iiiorc rolntivoH tlciif itiiil iliiiiili.
;<74 |iii|iilH liiiil 'i iir iiiorx n^liitivt's dciif iiikI ihiiiib. |
'tii |iii|>ilH liiitl :i or iiiont rcliilivrH tlciit'iiiid tliiiiili.
I'JO ])ii|iili« hiul 4 or iiion* rttliitivfs di'itf iitxl (liitiib.
(!'> |in|iilH liiiil Ti or iiiori* rolalivt-s tli-ariiiiil iliiiiil).
:<.') |iii|iil.s hud (i or more ruliitivcs deal' 1111(1 (Iiinili. I
)■') piipils lia<l 7 or more rclativcM d<-af uiid diiiiil). {
'.) pii|iilN had H or more ruhttiveN deaf and diimh. i
4 |Mi|iilH had lU or more relalivt'H deaf and d'liid).
;i impils liad ir> or more relutiveH ileaf and dumb. !
Without goiii^' intu detail, the results may be iiuted of sin exauiiimtioii of a few other iiistitutiou
reports* where the deaf-mute relatives are recorded.
Tablis Xlll. — Vroportion of the deaf and dumb having deaf-mute relalicen.
IiistitiitioiiN.
Ainoricaii AN.yliim
New York Iiistituliou
Ohio Iiistilutioii
Indiana Inst ilut ion. ..
IlIinoiN In.stitution...
Texas Institution.
Total
Total nuud)er
pn|)ii.«
nav-
of pu)>ils.
I UK .
nnite
tiviiH.
e a f-
rela-
a, IWi
(i'.t:i
},im
^fO
iM)
166
28;j
103
l,li20
3.V5
HI)
ai
Number of Percentaj;eof
pni)ilN hav-
iu){ ileaf-
mutc rela-
tives.
:«. i)
;W. (i
20.0
:<li. 4
21.7
23. G
5, &2:i
1,711)
•i'X .■>
The above table shows us thtit out of r»,81i3 deaf-mutes taken from dlB'ereiit parts of the country
uo less than 1,710, or 2!)A per cent., were known to have relatives deaf and duinl).
If this proportion holds for the whole country, we must have in the United States about 1(),()()()
deaf-mutes who belong to families containing more than one deaf-mute.t
It is to be feared that the intermarriage of such persons would be attended by calamitous re-sults
to their offspring.
These are not, however, the only cases in which we would anticipate that the deafness of the
parents might be tran.smitted to the children. The lessons we have learned from the lower animals
concerning heredity teach u.s that a certtiin physical peculiarity, which may noinially niidic its
appearance only sporadically here tind there, may be i)erpetuated and reiulered hereditary, by suit-
able selection, dtiring a number of generations, of those individuals that haxtpen to possess the
petiuliarity from birth.
*The tabluR relating to the deaf-mutes of Ohio, Indiana, New Vork, Te.vas, and Illinois have Itoeu couipilcd from
the followinj; Houices;
1. Ohio. " List of jiupils admitted to the Ohio Asvluiu previously to January, 1.'i."i4." Auieriuan Annals of the Deaf
ami Dumb, Vol. VI, pi>. 101-1 Hi.
2. Indiana. "Catalogue of the pupils of the Indiana lustitntiou from its eouuneueoment in lc)4:t to November 1,
lri53." American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb, Vol. VI, pp. 1))2-U)l>.
;). New York. " List of pupils of the New York Institution, ite., complete from May, 1^18, to .lanuary, 1H,')4.''
Auioricau Annals of the Ditaf and Dnndi, Vol. VI, pp. VX>-)ii').
4. Texas. " List of pupils in attendaiuc at the Texas Institntiou (1M81)." See Kxhil)it A, twenty-lifth annua;
report of the superintendent of the Texas Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Austin, Tex., November 1, I"*-!!.
5. Illinois. "List of pupils of tin? Illino' . Institution admitted between 184(i and lrS-!2." Twenty-tirst luennlal
report of the trustees, superintendent, and tveasurer of the Illinois Institution for the Kdiication of the Deaf and
Dumb. Jacksonville, 111., October 1, 1882.
t The number is probably greate ■-, even exceeding twelve tlioutjund, as will be seen further on. (8oe Table XVII).
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Wo have good renaoii, tliercforc, to fear that the iiiterinarriage of congenital deaf-mutes, eveu
though the deafness in both cases might be sporadic, would result in many cases in the productiou
of deaf ottspring. Jt is important, tlien, to arrive at some idea of the numbers of the deaf and
dumb who are deaf from birth.
The Compendium of the Tenlii Census of the United States shows us that there were living in
this country on the 1st of .lune, IMSO, no less than 33,878 deaf-mutes, and that "uioie than' one-
half" were congenitally deaf.*
The proportion (!an be obtained nu)re exactly from an address delivered in Jacksonville, 111.,
on the 29th day of August, 1882, before the tenth convention of Ainerica:i instructors of the deaf
and dumb, by the liev. Fred. II. N\ ines,t who had charge of the deitartment of the census relating
to the deaf and dumb. Tending tiie full publication of the census returns, the statements of Mr.
AViues concerning the census of the deaf and dumb must evidently be received as authoritative.
In the address referred to ]Mv. Wines gave the results of an analysis of 22,472 cases from the
census, from which it appears that of these deaf-mutes 12,151, or 54.1 per cent., were reported as
congenitally deaf, and 10,318, or 4r».!» i)er cent., were stated to have lost their hearing after birth.
If we apply these figures to the total mentioned in the Compeiulium of the Census (.33,878)
we find that there are probably 18,328 congenital and ]5,.5.">(> non-congenital deaf-mutes in the
United States.
Deductions drawn from the breeding oi'aniuuils would load us to expeiit that the congenitally
deaf would be more likely than those who became deaf from accidental causes to transmit their
defect to their oflspring. Another indication ])ointing in the same direction is to be found in the
fact that the proportion of the deaf and dumb who have deaf-mute relatives is very niuch greater
among the congenital than anu)ng the non congenital deaf mutes.
The following tables (Tables X\\, XV, and XVI) have been compiled from the reports of
the American institutions for the deaf and dumb already referred to:
Table XIV.
Ciiisf
of dcafnesH.
1
i
1
tccident.
Aincrioaii AmjIhiii IS17
New York luNrilutidii IHH
Oliiii luNtitiitiim l.-iJlt
Iiiiliaiia Instittition 1^44
Illimiis IiiHtitiitiuu lr*H\
Texan Institution ItTiT
18l7-lf77 •-', m;
I f^ll-l. %■)-.< ;')(!(!
H 4-irfr>:! an:)
lrt4(>-l."WJ 1,(W0
o
c
!<5
PtiI)ilM icconU'tt to have
<\i'af-iiiiitii riiltttives.
I
Cause of deafueBS.
'.)r.\
1,01(1
!i:{
4-^
■\:ii
'.M.-.
•Jiw
•,'(18
f4
14it
121
III
418
'.•47
->;,-,
•Jti
">:(
10
6 s
si:
c
H
:hi
i()i>
lii:<
:i.">()
•,'1
it
a
o
u
•JH7
7-J
11)4
11
'
'
«
1 o
0)
•e
■5
o
a
h
"s
o
«
U
rt
00
u
■w
a
SQ
Total .-,,HJ:t •i,-nv> •i,t^U my 1,711) 1,234
im ;
10
74 ;
11)
:w 1
10 i
31 :.
1
120 i
42 !
H 1
^ i
i
89
• C'ompeudiiiin of the Toiitli C'bm.hus, I'art II, paRt^ lOtil.
tSee Proccfdiiijrs of f li(> IVntli (.'oiivt iitioii of AiniTicau Iiistnutois of thi,- Deaf and Dumb, .Jacksonville, 111.,
August, m&i, pp. laa-l-JS, publl«lu-d U.v tho Illinois Iii.stitution for tin- Doaf and Dumb, J.acksonvill.', 111., with the
tvrcnty-lirst bienuiul report of that lustittitiun.
THE FORMATION OF A DEAF VARIETY OP THE HUMAN RACE.
Tablk XV. — Proportion of the nonmngenitally deaf who have deaf-mute relatives.
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lustitiitions.
Anutriraii AHjliini
Now V(irk IiiHtiiiition
t)lij(i IiiHtitiitioii
Iiiiliiiiiu IiiNtitiitioii . .
IlliiKiiH InMtitiitioii. ..
Texas liiMtiliitinii
Total
\iiml»'r of Numbrr having Pi'iTontaKc
iioii-coii^diiital (li'af-iinitt^ rol- liaviiiudcal'-iiiiito
iluaf-iiiiiteH. ativos. r«,
2, 864
3'.t(!
IIU (leal- III
•flalives.
1,040
131
la. ()
4»2
74
17.1
!268
32
11.9
124
31
•if). 0
'.1M7
120
12. 7 •
r.n
8
15. 0
lit. 8
Table XVI. — Proportion of the congenitally deaf who have deaf-mute relatives.
InHlitiitionH.
NiinilxT Number having Percentage
of ronKcnitully iloaf-nnite rul- having dfaf-hintu
dral'iJiipilN. ativos. relatives.
American A.s.vlnm
New York Ins itiilii)ii.
Ohio InMtitulion
Iiiiliana Institution ...
IlliiioiH IiiNlitntion. . . .
Texas Institntiun . ...
Total
973
.552
.56.7
4HH
287
58.8
208
IIH
56.7
140
72
48. :j
418
11>4
46.4
26
11
42. 3
2, 262
1,234
■'•*•■"
The above tables (Tables XIV, XV, and XVI) show tliat of L',262 congenital deaf-mutes, more
than one-half — or MI) per cent. — had deaf-mute relatives; and that even in the case of those pupils
who became deaf from apparentli/ accidental causes, 13.8 per cent, had other members of their families
deaf and dumb.
If we api)ly these results to the total returned by the Tenth (,'eiisiis, we obtain the following
figiiret, (Table XVII) as a probable approximation to the number of sporadic and non-sporadic
cases of deafness among the deaf-mutes of the country.
Table XVII. — Estimate of the probable number of sporadic and non-sporadic cases of deafness among
the deaf-mutes of the United States in the year 1880.
Cause of deafneHS.
Congenital
Disease or aeeident .
Total
Nu in I) or who
have iilatives Sporadic cases,
deaf and dumb.
'.), il-9
2, 141)
12, l;to
8, 3:u»
l:t,404
21,743
Total.
18,328
15, .5.50
:!3,87d
If to the estimated number of deaf-mutes who have relatives deaf and dumb we add the pre-
sumed number of sporadic cases among the congenital deaf-mutes we reach a total of 20,474 cases
where the deafness woidd probably tend to become hereditary by intermarriage. But these are
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not all the cases in which we would anticipate that iuteruiarriage might bo productive ot'deaf ott-
spring. The late Dr. Harvey L. Peet states, as the result of his researches,* that the hearing
brothers and sistirs of a doaf-niiite are about as liable to have deaf children as thedeaf-nuite himself.
It is only reasonable to assume that a tendency towards deafness exists in a family containing
more than one deaf-mute, so that if hearing persons belonging to such families were to intermarry,
or were to marry deaf-mutes — or if a consanguineous marriage were to take place in such a family —
we would not be surprised if souie of the otl'si»ring should be deaf. In addition therefore to the
20,474 dio/nnttoi refvrnd to above, wc mioit include thcheariiu/ and upcaMng members of their families
before ice can form an adequate convepiion of the number of persons who possess a predisposition toimrds
deafness.
It will thus be seen that we have abundant nuUerials in the United States for the formation
of a deaf variety of the human ra(;e by selection in nuirriage.
•Amuriciin Anniilii of the Deaf and Diiiiilt, Vol. VI, p. ->:\:>.
Chapter II.
MARRIAGES OF THE DEAF.
Iliiving shown that ix hirge proportion of the deaf and dumb possess hereditary tendencies
toward deafness, the question naturally arises: "Do many of the deiif and dumb marry!"
It Is the custom in some of our institutions to hold periodical reunions of former pupils, and in
some cases advantage has been taken of the opitortunities thus presented to obtain information con-
cerning the marriages of the i)upil8, &c. An examination of the reports of the American Asylum,
New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois institutions, yields the following result* :
Table XVIII.
(
Naino of institution.
Date of
opening.
Date of
report.
Total nnniber
of pupils
admitted.*
Total number
recorded to
have niar-
I'ercent-
age.
1817
1818
THUS)
1844
1846
Aiiiorican Asvliim .. .......
1877
New York Institution
Ohio Institution
1854
18.''.4
1854
1882
Total
ried.
2,106
64S
30.5
1,165
191
16.4
.WO
56
10.0
a87
S6
9.1
l,(i20
174
10.7
5, 7;!8
1,089
19.0
*Tlic tot.il imnilior of pupils notod incliidos tlic children wlio wire in nttcndnnio at tbe dntcs of the reports.
In the Appendix I hiive presented in tabular form a critical analysis of all the cases mentioned
in the reports of the American Asylum and Illinois Institution, classifying the pupils according to
the decades in which they were born. Tho labor involved has deterred me from making a similar
examination of the pupils of the New York, Ohio, and Indiana institutions until more complete
materials can be obtained than are to be found in reports published in 1854. The American
Asylum and Illinois Institution, however, as I have stated before, may lie may be taken as repre
sentative in.stitutions, and an examination of the tables in the Appendix leads to the conclusion that
a very considerable 2)roporiion of the deaf children admitted to our institutions marry. This will be ob-
vious, from the following considerations:
Pupils of the American Asylum, born in the year 1840, were 37 years of age in 1877 (the date
of the report), and the pujnls of the Illinois In.s'iitiition, born in 1840, were 42 years of age in 1882
(the date of the Illinois report), hence we nnvy safely assume that, of the pupils of the.se institutions
who were born before 1840, all, or nearly all, who intended to marry had married before the dates
ot the reports; and in most cases it is i)robable that the fact of marriage had been recorded. If,
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then, wo eliminate from the totals «;iven in the above table, all the pnidln of these institutionH who
were bora «liice the year 18;J», we obtain the following results:
Table XlX.—l'roportion of the pupilH of our instituiiomfor the deaf and dumb who marry.
„ ,, ... ,. Dull- of Datt'df
Krnno ofiuBtitution. „,,ening. ri-i.ort.
! I •
AiiH'ricaii AhvIiiiu IH17 1877
llliiioi.iliiHtitution 1840 1885J
Total
Total niiiiilier
'"""■'"•"'• Percent-
liavf mar- "
riod. I
I
Total iiuiiilicr
;•♦■ {"'l'"" ronlnl to
lioni iiclorc
1840.
1,100
l.VJ
49
I
I 47.4
30.8
i,-r>u
.-)Tl
45.4
\\hat«'ver may be the e.\act jtercentage for the whole country, the indications are that a
couHUhrahle proitortion of the adult deafmuttn if the United States are married,
INTEKMAIUMACIES 01' IIIK DEAI" AND DUMB.
When we attempt ;o form an iilea of tl;e extent to which intermarriage takes place among
(leaf-mntes, we are met by the (lirticiilry of the imperfection of the in.stitntion record.s. In very
few cases is it specifically stated that a deaf mute lia.>( married a hearing person.* The record
usindly stands that the pupil ha.s ''married a deaf mute," or that he is simply "married," leaving
it tincertain whether the marriage was «'ontracted with another deaf mute or with a hearing person.
When we eliminate all the nnceitain cases we obtain from the in.stitutioii reports the following
results:
Table XX. — I'loportion of the dmf and dumb who marri) deaf-mutes.
Xaiiir of iii.sliliitioii.
AniiTifan Ah.vIiiui
N'cw York liislitntioii.
Ohio Institution
Iiicliaiia liiNtitiitioii. ..
Illinois Institution
Total
Dale of
oiionin^.
Date of
ri'iMtrl.
Ifl7
ln77
IHIS
1854
1:^^'.»
IH.^4
1844
18r>4
t84(i
18M2
, Total MUiulx-r
Total iiMuilx'r
1
of luipilsri--
r<'<'oril)'il to
Percent-
<'ll|'<l<'(l to
have mar
liavc luar-
riril (leal-
age.
rifil.
mule!*.
648
8« !
73.2
191
148
74. :i
56
3D
til). li
26
21
80.8
174
l.V,'
87. :i
1 1,089
856
78. C
Tiie large percentage of mairiagcs with deaf unites reported from Indiana and Illinois suggests
the exi)laiiation that iiitcnn(irriii;its amoiuj the deaf and dumb may perhaps harebecome more eommon
of late yearn. Both institutions are of coiiiparatively recent origin (the one tbnnded in 1.S44, the
other in ISKi); and the report of the Illinois Institution, wliieh exhibits the largest i)roportion of
deaf-mute intermarriages, contains the record of much later marriages than those mentioned in the
Indiana report, for th(> Indiana record stops at l.S.">4, whereas the Illinois report gives the statistics
of the institution to October, 18.S2.
Unfortuiiiitely we are unable to a.scertain from the reports Uie dates of the marriages. If we
assume, however, that jvs a general rule the older deaf-mutes were married before the younger, we
•Only one ca.su in tlie American AkjIuiu aD(l ten in tlio IllinoiN Institution. It is probable, liowever, tliut in
most cases where the pupil is simply rocorUcd us ''married" the record means marriage with a hearing person.
TIIK FORMATION OF A 13KAF VARIETY OF THE HUMAN RACK
17
may be able to approxiiimto to tlie onler of the innrriageH by claMHifyiiig the pupils acconling to
their |H!ri«Ml of birth. Altlioiiffh 1 have not attempted a minute elasHilication, excepting iu the
caaen «howii in the Appendix, it isconipanitively easy to arrange all the married pupils referred to
above into four classes: (I) those born before 1810; (2) those Iwrn iu the period 1810-1839; (3) those
born in the iH3riod 1840-1860; (4) those born since the commencement of 18(M). The results are
shown in the following table:
Table XX I.
I'urind iif birth.
Ilpfiir.' IHUI...
IHiOI.) 18:i9 ..
lH4<(to 185!« ..
lri(i<) uiiil ufter
Total
rt-ronliMl
to liavi»
iimrrinil.
Total
reconled
to llOVB
iimrrietl
ilent'-iiiut«H.
I'ercent-
iige.
lasi
72
5n.H
7ir.
.'>77
80.7
•j:w
Utti
84. t
12
u
91.7
The number married who were born since 1850 is too small to be relied upon for a percentage.
It is only to be hoped that the percentage given above is excessive. The indications are very
clear, however, that of the deaf and dumh ir/io marry, the proportion who marry deaf-mutes ha*
steadily increaned. This conclusion is strengthened when we find that the above result, which has
been deduced from a summation of all the cases recorded in the reports of the American Asylum,
New York, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois institutions, is also true of the cases recorded in each report
taken separately. This will be obvious from the following table:
Table XXII.
Is
>n
le
of
he
;C8
we
we
; ill
Name of inHtitutioii, with (Into of opening jigjj,„i „|- |,jf,|,
and of report.
Total
recorded to
have ninr-
ried.
I Total
recorded to
have mar-
ried deaf-
mutes.
IVrcent-
nge.
Ainericnn AHvlnm Before IHIO
Date of opening, 1617. Date of report, 1810 to 18:J9
l«77. 1840 to 18,M>
I
New York Institution Before 1810
Date of opening, 1818. Date of report, 1810 to 18;»9
1854. t
Ohio Institution 1810 to 1832
Date of cpouing, 1829. Date of report,
1854. I
Indiana Institution 1822 to 1836
Date of opening, 1844. Date of rejiort,
1:^54.
Illinois Institution 1810 to 1839
Date of opening, 1846. Date of report, 1840 to 1859
18(tt. 1860 and after
The only institution that gives any indication of a decrease in tlte proportion of pupils niar-
rie<l to deaf-mutes is the American Asylum. The pupils born in 1850 were only 18 years of age
00 A— HKI.L .'$
hi
Id
MKMOIUS OF TII15 JJATtONAti ACADl-iMY OF BCtKNCES.
I* *
in 1877, tli«! date i»f tlio report, so thiit it is certuin tbat a coiisidoriiblo iinml)er of tlio pupiln born
betwei'ii 1810 and I8."»i> were married after the dat« of tlie report, and ho escaped enumeration. It
is questioiiablf, however, wliother tliiH eoiild attect the proportion who were married todcafraut«8.
It is more ivas<iniible to suppose tiiat in liiis vmoi tlie apparent decrease is real, for »n entirely
diflferont metiiod of investi^ratiou lea«Is to a similar result. In the years 184.1, 1857, 1807, and 1877
the directors of tlie Amiri«!uu Asylum published in their reports the statistics of the inatitntion,
giving the names of those pupils who had married. If we assume that the impils who were not
recorded as married in the 184;{ report, but who were re<orded as married in the 1867 report, were
married between tlu^ years 184.1 an<l 18.)7, &c., we can divide the marriages reported from the
American Asvhini into four elas-sos: (1) Marriages contracted before 184.}, (2) nmrriages contracted
between 1S4;» and 18.'i7, (;{) umrriages contracted between I8.'i7 ami I8<»7, and (4) m a rriages con-
tracted between 1S((7 and 1877. The results are shown in the following table:
Taulk Will,— Marriages of the pupih of the American Aiit/lum.
I'rcHuiiuMl (late of mnrriagc.
H.'f<.rolH43
Urtwi'tMi 184:Jiiiitl 1H57
nctwfcii IH.".? mill lH(i7
Bftwccii 18<)7 niiil IH77
Totol
Tut 111
recorded
reconled bh
to have
Percentage.
married.
innrriud
deaf-miiteg.
143
95
66.4
«17
175
HO. 6
i:n
110
84. 0
UA
Vi-i
HO. 8
In tills case we find that nlthongh the number of pupils presumed to have married between
1807 and 1877 is greater than the number who married in the preceding decade, the proportion
who married deaf-mutes is less.
It is evident from a comparison of all the tables that of the deafmutcH who marry at the present
time not Ifsn than 80 per cent, marry dea/mutcn, while of those who married during the early half of
the present century the proportion who married deaf-mutes was much smaller.
It is of course a matter of iiu|)ortance to ascertain to what extent congenital deaf-mutes
intermarry, but unfortunately the institution records are too imperfect to allow us to draw con-
clusions on this point. 8ix hundred and tifty-four ])upils of the American Asylum and Illinois
Institution are each recorded simply to have "married a deaf-mute," without one word of expla.
nation as to the name of the deaf-mute or the cause of deafiiess.*
It will thus be understood that the records of deaf-mute marriages are very imperfect, and it
is to be hoped that some of our large iustitutions way publish fuller information concerning them.
In the case of a deaf-nuite partner it should be stated whether the deafness was congenital or not.
* Since tlu; n-adiiif; uf tliis paper it occurred to me tbat some liglit miglit bo tlirowii upon the subject by the
theory of Prolmliilitics. I tluMcfuro siibiiiittcd llie ((iiestiou to I'rof. Simon Nowcomb, who not only ugreed with me
in this idea, but was liiiiil t-iioiigh to present a solution of tiie problem deduced from the data giyeii iu this paper.
He thinks the most prot)itble eouclnsion to be this:
1. Of the congenitnlly deaf who married deaf-muleg one-lialf married coiigcnitally deaf and one-half non-con-
geuitally deaf.
S. Of the non-eongenitully deaf wli«i married deaf-mutes three-sevenths married congenitnlly deaf and four
sevenths non-congeiii tally deaf.
The full text of Professor Newcomb's letters will be found in A4)pendix Z.
TUB FOUMiM'lON OF A DEAF VAHIKTY OF TlIK HUMAN RACK.
19
I would also HUggust tluit, wliorovor posHible, tliu iinmuH of the linabandM iiiul wivoH of tli(< pupils
should be given, niul tbe fuut recorded im to whether tliey belong to fiiniilics containing more than
one deaf-mute or not. ThiH is important even in tlie case of nnirriagu with a liearing perHoii, for
iu most of the cases of snch nuirriagvH tliat liave come niidur my personal observation the hearing
partner belonged to a family containing deaf-mutes.
However imperfect nniy be tiie records of the marriages of the deaf it \n abundantly evident,
(I) that there m « tendency amonfi ilen/muteH to nelect deaf mutes an their pnrtncvH in ninrriage ; (2)
that thin tendency has Iteen continuously exhibited during the post forty or Jifty yearn, unit (.'{) that there-
fore there it eeery probability that the selection of the deaf by the deaf in marriatje will continue in the
future.
It is evident, then, that we have here to consider, not an ephemeral plK'iiomen<»n, but a case of
continuous selection. For instance, should it appear that there are in this «iountry any considerable
number of deaf-mutes who are themselves the offspring of deaf-mutes the iiidicalions are that a
large proportion of these persons will marry, and that of those who marry, the majority will marry
deaf-mutes. Thus, there is every indication that in the case of the ileaf and dumb the work of
selection will go on from generation to generation.
¥
n
It
I
|»')
i!
CnAPTEK 111.
DEAF-MITTE OFKSl'RINO OF DKAF-MVTK MAKHIAOKS.
Ill a paper upon '< Ucrcditiiry DcafiifSH"* (publishwl in 18()8), llev. W. VV. Tniner, then prin-
cipal of the American Asylnin, said that " statistics, carofnlly collated from records kept of deaf-
mutes as they have mot in conventions at Hartford, siiow that in Sti /imilie« icith one parent a
congenital deaf-mute, one-tenth of the children were deaf; and in 2i/amilit'ti with both parents congenital
deaf-mutes, about one-third were born deaf.
In support of this conclusion he presented the following table :
Table XXIV.
CIllBH.
I'lirontH.
Niinilier iif
fumilica.
Oiiu hoiiring and 1 rniigoiiitally (l<-af 110
Olio iiieiiliMitally and 1 coii(((!iiitiill,v deuf TiA
Both (-oiigeiiitnlly iluuf '^4
*
Ti.tul 110
NimilxTof
rliildreii
dt'uf.
ir>
II
17
NiiniluTof '
cliil<lri<ii
heuriiiK-
77
1211
40
as
aw
Tolnl.
92
12fi
57
275
Dr. Turner cited in connection with his subject tlic case of one woman who lived to see great
grandchildren, and of these no less tiian sixteen were deaf-mutes.
Regarding intermarriage, he said : " It is a well-known fact that among domestic animals cer-
tain nnusual variations of form or color which sometimes occur among their otfsiiring, may, by a
careful selection of others similar and by a continued breeding of like with like, be rendered per-
manent, so as to constitute a distinct variety. The same course adopted and pursued in the human
race would undoubtedly lead to the same result." He concluded with the remark, " that every
consideration of philanthropy as well as the interests of congenitally deaf persons themselves should
induce their teachers and friends to urge upon them the impropriety of intermarriage."
It is reasonable to suppose that, whatever intiuence Dr. Turner's statements may have exerted
upon the marriages of the deaf throughout the country, his conclusions and beliefs must have had
considerable weight with the pupils of his own institution, and this may perhaps have been the
cause of the decrease in the proportion of intermarriages noted among the pupils of his institution
since the date of his paper. (See Table XXIII.)
In the report of the New York Institution, published in the American Annals of the Deaf and
Dumb, July, 1854 (vol. vi, pp. 193 to 241), Dr. Harvey L. Peet gave the following table, showing
the number of pupils of the New York Institution married, as compared with the married pupils
of other American institutions, and compared with the marriages of the deaf in Eiirojie, no distinc-
tion being made between those who were congenitally deaf and those who became deaf from acci-
dental causes.
• 8co ProceediiiKH Nutioiml CoiifureiiKC of Priiiuipuls of IiiHtitiitioiiH for the Deuf niid Dumb, Wiishington, D. C,
IHfW; me, also, Aiiiciii'im Aiiiiiilt for lh«! Deaf and Utiiiih, WtH, Vol. XIII, p|i. 3i4-24ii; alwi article "Deaf and Duiuh"
Eiicyclopiedia llritaiiiiiea.
20
THE I'OUMATION OF A DEAK VAItlKTV Or TIIK HUMAN UAUE
21
Dr. IVet «tatp(l that of nil tlie fainilit's <'mlniict'<1 in tlii' tiil)lt« "«6(»«^ one in hcentu hate
den/mute chihlren irhnrhoth /uirrntK are tleit/iiiuttn, uict uhnnt iinv in onr hnndn-il onti thirtyjiee
where only one in a ilea/ mule; and that the hrolhcrM ami MiMteiM of a ilea/ mnfe are about an liable to
hare ilea/ mute children an the ilea/ mnir himnel/ HnppoHimj inch to marry into /lunUien that have or
or each into /anul ten that have not nhoirn a predinpoiiition toward ilea/dumbnfHH,"
Tahle XXV.
Nniiio of iiiKtitiltioii,
I'lipilM of till' Ni'w Yiiik IiiHlitiitioii*
I'lipilN of llir IIiii'K'iiril AmvIiiiii'
l*til>il» of till' Oil id Any I iiiii
I'lipilH lit' llii> (ti'i>iiiiiiit{i'ii liiHlitiition (llolliiml)
t'ity of I'miH
ItolKJIIIII (CI'IIRIIM of 18:1"))
Irttliiiid (ci'iiHUH of 1H,')1)
VorkHliir« IriNtitiitioii i^KmkIiukI)
Ki'i|iNi(' Iimtitiitiiiii ((iniimn.v)
I'niKiio IiiHtUiitioii (Itolifiiiiit)
Liixi'iiiliui'); limtitiilioii (Netlii'rluiiilH)
I.yoiiH IiiHtiliitidii (KriiiK'tO
(iuiiuvii IiiHlitiitioM (SwitzorlaiKl)
K'liHNiii IiiHtitiitioii (iiK'iili-iitiil iiiitin-H)
liiivariii ItiNtitiitioii (iiii'idfiitiil iiolicvH)
•
1
MiirrU'il
111
iii'itiK
Miirrii'd iluiif-miit'M.
|M>rHOIllt.
MnUn.
l'\li\ilU'n.
Mill,'.
Frmaltt,
1!»
y.t
III!
77
1:1
y'l
104
m
1:1
4
\H
■i\
•^s
H
(1
H
II
1
15
15
*
I
1
5
If)
:w
1
I
4
::::;::::; :::;::;::;i
11
'i
2
!j
...
Total
Dudiict thn Miri-o AiiicrioHii iiiHtitiitiuiiH.
75
58
IHH
an
187
RuinaiuH for Kiiropo 1 i:i
\H
:io
:wi
•Soiiio marriiij{on liavi) l)oim (ItMltietoil from tin- llarlfinil list that apiirar also in tin- New York
lint. TliiTii liavi' al«o lii-en iiiarriaf,'i's Imtwi'i lurali-il anil uni'iliiralcil iiiiitoM, or Imtwueil dimf-
luutuM of our Holiool.i anil Ni^iiii-muti's not impilpi.
From tliis tiiblc it tippears that at the time 0/ the inrcHtiijution (IS.")!) marriaijeH 0/ dea/muteH
and fftpceially between two den/ mutes, were /ar more eommnn in .Vmeriea than in Hnrope ; and that,
except among the pupils 0/ the New York Institulion, there were twice as many ilea/mute men xcith
hearing wires, as dea/nmte women with hearimj hnsbands.
PriiH-ipals of iiistitiitioiis for the deaf and (liiiiib iiavo, pttrsoiial kno\vh'(1t,'i' of their pupils, and
may therefore be able to arrive at eorrect coiiciusions lenurdiiifj tlie results of intt^'iuarriage.
It is extremely difHciilt, if not impossible, for others to arrive at an independent conclusion
from the data published in the institution reports. It is even impossible to ascertain from these
reports the mere number of the deaf oftspriiif? n^eorded as born to tiio pupils. The nature of the
difliculty will be understood by an example. From the 1.S77 re|iort of the American Asylum we
find that—
Georye W. A (born about 180;!) "'married a deaf-mute" ami had 3 deaf children.
Mary R (born about 1808) ''married a deaf-mute" and had .'? deaf ciiildren.
Jonalhan M (born about 1814) "married a deaf-mute" and had .'? deaf children.
Paulina li (born about 1817) "married a deaf-mute" and had .{ deaf children.
Now the (piery presents itself, "how many deaf children were born to tiu'se pupils J" Perhaps
Mary 11 was the wife of (Jeorgo W. A , tind Pauliim 1? the wife of Jonathan M ,
in which case there are only (5 deaf children in all. It is possible, however, that in such cases the
nuiles ami females were not related in marriage, and upon this supposition there were 12 deaf
children.
I
I
22
MKMOIKH OF THK NATIONAL ACADBMY OF HOIBNCBS.
lii
TLuru Ih Koiivntlly nothing in tliu iiiHtitiiliitii re|N>rtH to giiitio iih to a Roliitloii of th« problem.
If the iiitiiieH of tlut liiiHbitiMiH nnil wivcN of tliw piipila wuru rtHionlod it would be |MiMlbl« to nrrivu
at Home ooiicbiHion. Ah it iH, tlie inoHt wo can do in to iiHct^rtaiii the nunibor of deaf ohildren reoorded
ud the onWiiriiiK of tliu iiiiile piipilH aiul tliomt iiotod hm lM>rii to the female piipila. Kveti thooffb it
were inxwibio to iirrivv at a corrtntt coiicliiHioii reKnnliiiK the total nninber of deaf offapring reoonled
ill the re|>ort8, Htill ww would not bo abiu to amnTtain th» luttunl niimlier of deaf children born to
the pupila. For it Im obvioiiH, from th(< followiiiK couHiderationH, that the number reoonled ia ao
much leM8 than tho numlH^r born nn to lead to tiio infcrfnco that in a considerable proportion of
caaea the deaf otfttprini; are not n>rorded at all until aome of the children make their ap|iearanoe
in the iufltitution m pupiU. TIiIh uivhuh that they may not be recorded until 10, 20, or even 25
yearH alter the date of their birtli. I may be wroiiK in auch a auppoaition, but I do not know how
otherwiae to account for the imperfi'ctioii of tli«> recordH:
(1) In the 1877 report «>f the American AHvliim the married male pupila were reconled to have
had 30 <lc<if <rliildrun born to Ihem and the married female pupila 28. Whereas 61 children of
deaf-mute inarriaReH have already been admitted into the institution as papila (November, 1883*),
all of whom were liorn before the 1877 report was isaueil. This doea not include a number of deaf-
mutea who have been admitted into ntluT in.stitutionH in New Kngland whose parenta were pupila
of the American ANylmn, nor docs it include childnui too young to be sent from home.
(2) In the 1882 rep<»rt of tiie lllinoia Inatitution the married male pupils were recorded to have
had 10 deaf children born to them and tlie married female pupila 8. Whereas 14 children have
already been admitted into the IlliiioiH Institution (November, 1883t) one or both of whoae parents
were deaf.
(3) A coinpariHon of tlie four reports of the American AHylum containing the atatiatics of the
institution mIiowh that only a Nniall proportion of the deaf ottapring of the later marrieig^ arc
recordeil in the 1877 re|>ort. Tliis will lie obvious from the following table:
Taulk XXVI. — VoHffinitally deaf pupila tcho married dva/mutet.
PruHiii
.■e.l .l»t.- of nmr- Xni..lM.,o|- >m«1.h '''r'TI^'ll'lV'n'I'i'n^ Numlmr of leumlcn R«^"'^««/ ."»•»>•«' of
-:„,,„ . .„..,.,.i.wi '•' "' < liil'l"'" "<>rn ,„„,,i„,i Jesf cliildren born
"»«"• n.oiiLMl. to tli- nnilM. nmrried. to tho female..
, U«f<.r«19i:»
I Iti-twran liMiiiindld')*.
Betwpon IWVTamllrt^i*.
Between lH(i7 and H77.
-a
4
17
46
30
916
11
h
1
* Dfducetl fniiii a ouiiipariHciii of tliii Tour ri'piiitH ol' lli« Aiupriian Aiiylniii. (Sna Introdootion to Table XXIIt.)
From this table it appears tliat IK* congenital deaf-mutes (males and females) have married
deaf-mutes since the 1857 report was issued and that only one deaf child resulted from these
marriages (!). This is most extraordinary, in view of the results obtained by Dr. Turner, which
were based upon the marriages of the pupils of the same institution, and we must conclude that
the records of the later marriages are tlcfective so far as the deaf offspring are concerned.
An examination of the tables in the appendix shows that of all the pupils of the Americau
Asylum and Illinois Institution 445 inalcH and 371 females are recorded to have married. In the
445 families formed by the males there were (according to the reports) 40 deaf children, or 10.3
deaf children for every 100 families; and in tlie 371 families formed by the females there were 30
deaf children, or !t.7 in 100 families.
* Ropoi'led to tln! writer liy Mr. WilliuuiH, tlio i»re:out print'ipul of the institiitiou.
t Reiiorted to the writer by Dr. Uillott, the i>ru8ont ])rincipal of Illinois lustitutioii.
THK FORMATION OK A l»KAF VAUIKTY Ol' TIIK llirMAN UA(!K.
23
If we «U1 together the t«)tiil iiiinil>er (if iniileM untl ruiiniltw leportMl to hitvo married hikI the
tottti number of <l(wf children HtnttMl to liuvn lieuii Itorii In tliciii, wi^ obtuiii the tuliowiiiK tlKiireo!
MIO individuikiN iiiarriwl, and H2 detil' oflfMiirinK- ^Vo (uitiiior tunu'liide Iroiii tliin that the reoonU
indicate that 82 deaf chihiren were tN)rn to tlie Hid iMipiiM rt>l'crr«>d to, Tor niiiny of the male popil«
meutioned had undoubtedly niiirried fuinule deaf iiiiitcH «<4liwiilfd in tliv Hitinu inntitntion with
ttieniaelvea. In nuch oaiteM the do»f oft'Hprinf; wi'iv prolialil.v it'cordtMl twi*-«> — once under the name
of the father and once under the name of the niutlior. IT wf d«'Mii-e to olttain, not the luttual
number of deaf ohildreu recorded to have Imhsu Ihiiii to tho inipilit, but the proportionate number^
we may safely add together the children rcconleil to lmv<> Im'^h lH>rn to the ninlu and female pupili*;
for, if 810 famillea have 82 deaf children, the proportionate niinilter of deaf cliildren (10 for every
100 familiea) in a mean between the tchuUh obtaiufd from tlic iniriiikK* h of the nialeM and femulcH
considered separately, and Ih more reliable than eitliiM- from Uuing baHt^l on larger numlierit.
In Ibe following tables this plan of addition lian been mloptett, and it mnxt be rememlMtred that
tbe number of families noted and the number of deaf rhildifn bom, nH deduced from the reiiorts
of the American Asylum and IllinoiH luHtitution, intiHt not ))*• luktMi to indicate the nctual numlter
of families formed by the pupiln of thcMc inHtitntioiis, nor the lutunl uumlter of deaf children born
to them. They simply indicate a pro)HH'tion, whi<-li is e\pi'(>MM«-d in the third columy by a percentage.
If none of the males nnirriod fenuiles recorded in the Hame reports, then the figures in the
following tables would indicate avtuni an well on proportionate niimberH; but this is not the cimc.
Tablk XXVII. — Proportion of flea/ offHpring resulting from the marriagen of deafmutea.
[Ueduoed from tbe reports of tli« Amuricau Aayliiiii ami llliiiom Iimtltiitioii.')
Married vou|il«ii.
I NniiilM'r of rikiiiili<>M.
N.i.ul...r <.!• .Inif ^".''i'*:," *»/.".]," ""!.''•'
Both partiea deuf-mutea.
Oni' party a deaf-ninte . .
cliililrrii.
m
l*i
iif (li'iil cliildrcii to
every lUOfuiiiilicit),
in. 1
One or both parties deafimitnH. . .
Mlti
»i
10.0
The following tables enal»lo us to compare the above reanlts with tliOHc obtained fr<»m each
institution, considered separately :
Table XXVIII.— /Vo2)or(u»» ofdeafnfHprinij as deduced from reportn of IIUnoiH Tmtitution and
' American Anylum,
IL1JNOI8 INSTITUTION.
Married couples.
Both partk. 'Vaf-iiiiitos.
One party a deaf-mute. .
Number of fumilieH.
SB
., , I- I r roroentucK (nuuilior
M,H.U«r of .leaf „f ,,„„,f;,,,hareu to
cuiuirou. I every lOOfaiiiilicH).
One or both parties deaf-uiutes 1*4
. .^.I„__
AMERICAK ASYLUM.
Both parties deaf-routes.
One party a deaf-mute..
SOS
140
One or both parties deaf-mutes. .
64-i
17
1
Irt
4»
15
M
11.2
4.5
10. :i
It.S
10.1
10.0
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il(
The perc.(Mitiijje.s obtniuiMl indicate, of course, tlie number of deaf children for every 100 fam-
ilies OH reoordrd in the reports, and not the actual uninbcr of deaf children for every 100 families
(wliich is known to be jrreater).
Tlie general results obtained fiom the two institution reports are remarkably concordant.
In the case of the American Asylum, however, it appears that the pupils who nmrried hearing
persons IkuI a larger proportion of deaf children than those who married deaf-mutes (!) Such a
remarkable result requires explanation. Tiie ])Upils assumed to have married hearing persons are
simply recorded in the report as "married," but from private correspondence with the present
principal [M . Williams) I find that in most, if not in all, cases so recorded the record is really
intended to indicate marriage with a hearing person.
Even in the case of the congeiiitallj- deaf pupils of the American Asylum it app ^ra that
those wlio married hearing persons had a larger proportion of deaf offspring than those who mar-
ried deaf-mutes. The following table shows that this result can be deduced not only from the
tables in the appendix, but from the table quoted above from Dr. Turner's paper on Hereditary
Deafness :
Tahi.e XXIX.
Dr. Turner's results (1868) „ u r , u-, . .i „<•
for iiiipilH ,.f the Aiiieri- '^''''"V'* ^'9'" '1'^ "''
\ ,,,... . Aiiifncnii Asylum.
Mairi.a}'<'s of the oonm'iiitdlv dciif.
can Any
llllll.
•.- >.
r.
t
if,
l^
t«
'^ ^
i"
s
1-
= •-
5
Oi
C- j; ?
c -r
IclS
Cm
o
u
u
Percent.-!
deafch
1(K) fani
U
1
i
M
1
a
One parent loiifji'iiitiill.v ileiif iiiitl the
other a lieariiij; ])er.sciii
Both parents ih'al'-niiites(oiii' ;'(inf;eii-
it.illv ileaf and the other iiiiitleii-
tally'deaf)
Uotli parents deaf-mutes (hotli coii-
){eiri tally di-af)
Both parents deaf-mutes (one or liotli
cougenitttlly .ieat)
8U
15
riO.o
57
14
r>
10.7
(f)
(f)
/
70.0
(0
(?)
:i
38.7
2:J9
31
I 4)
Jji 2
2:5 a
24.0
(?)
(f)
14.2
* Class 1 y;ives siiminatioii of elas.ses 'i and 3.
I have already stated that in the majority of the cases that have ftillen under my personal
observation where i\ deaf-mute was married to a hearing person that the hearing pernon belonged
to a family containing deufmutes, aiul this is significant in the light of the results deduced above,
especially when we remember that the late Dr. Harvey L. Peet found that "the brothers and
sisters of a deaf mute are about as liable to havedeaf mute children as the deal-mute himself, suppos-
ing each to marry into families that have or each into families that have not shown a predisposition
toward deaf dumbness." If we examine the cases of the pupils who are presumed to have married
hearing persons in the light of this idea, separating the sporadic cases from those who have deaf-
mute relations, we obtain the following results:
We find from the tables in the appendix that 162 deaf mutes were "married," presunuvbly, to
bearing persons. Of these deaf-mutes o,; are stated to have had deaf-mute relatives, and they are
recorded to have had 15 deaf children, or more than 27 deaf chihlren for every 100 families; on
the other hand, 107 of these deaf mutes were notc<l tis sjioradic cases, and only one deaf child is
recorded as the offspring of the marriages !
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THE FORMATION OF A DEAF VAKIETY OF THE HUMAN RACE.
25
We have liore a clear indication that n hcredilary lendencij towards den/Hess, «s indicated by the
possession of deaf relatires, is a most important clement in determining the production of deaf off
spring. The following table shows that it may eren be a more important element than the mere fact of
congenital deafness in one or both of the jiarints.
Table XXX. — Deafmvie offspring of deaf-mute marriages.
[UusiiUh (loduced from the tables in <lio appoiidix, cninbiniiig tbo tigurcs obtainod from Uio reports of llie Amcricau
AH.vliim and llliiiuis Institution. 1
Description of married couples.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
I '''
I (8)
I
1 (9)
(10)
(H)
(13)
(14)
(15)
Fatber known to be a doaf-muto (snmmutioii of all cases wbcre tlie canse of
fatber's d;>nfne,ss is staled):
(n) Fatber recuirded to be eoiigenitally deaf
(h) Fatber recorded to be iion-eongenitally deaf
Motber known to be a deaC-niute (summation of all cases where the cause of
motber's deafness is stated):
(a) Motber recorded to be eoiigeni tally .'.eat
(fc) Mother recorded to be n(Uiconneni tally deaf
Fatber known to be a deaf-mute (sunnnation of all sncb cases):
(a) Fatber known to bave deaf- mute relatives
(ft) Fatber recoided as a spin ad ic ca.se
Motber known to be a deaf-mntn Csummntion of all bncb cases):
(a) Motber known to bave deaf-mute relatives
(ft) Motber reecnded as a sporadic case
One parent known to be a deaf-mute (sumnmtionof all cases wberetbecau.se
of deafness was stated):
(rt) Deaf-mute parent recorded to be con}i;enitally deaf ..
(ft) Deaf-mute parent recorded lo be noii-eoiigenitally deaf
One ])arent known to lie a deaf-mute (summation of all cases):
(a) Deaf-mute parent known to bave deal-mute relatives
(ft) Deaf-ninte ])areiit lecoided as a spor.idic case.
One parent recmded to be connenitally di af (sunnnation of all cases):
(«) Congenitally deaf parent known to bave deaf-mute relatives
(6) Congenitally deaf jjarent lecorded as a sporadic ca.se
Oiie parent recorded to lie non-con;;< uilally deaf (summation of all cases):
(a) Non-confienitnUy deaf parent known to bave deaf-niiite relatives
(ft) Nou-counenitally deaf parent recoided as a sporadic case
liotli jiarents known to lie deaf-mutes (sunnnation ol' all cases):
(«) One parent known lo bave deaf mute relatives
(ft) One parent recorded as a sporadic case
Both jiareuts known to be deaf-mutes and one recorded as cougenitally
deaf:
(fl) Conjjenitally deaf iiarent known to bave deal-mute relatives
(ft) Oonjjeni tally deaf parent recorded as a tporadie case
Hotb parents known to lie denf-mntes, and -me recorde<l as non-eongeuitally
deaf:
(o) Noncongcnitally deaf parent known to bave dcaf-innte relatives
(ft^ NonconKenitiilly deaf parent recorded 6s a sporadic ease;
One parent known tii be a deaf mute and tbe otber presunu'd to be a bear-
iuff person (sumimitiou of all cases'):
(n) Tbe deaf-unite parent kn<iwn to bave deal-mute relatives
(6) Tbe deaf-mute jiarcnt recorded as a sporadic iiise
One |iarent i-ecorded to bo a congenital deaf-mute, tbe otber presumed to be
a beariu); (lerson:
(n) Congenitally deaf parent known to bave deaf-mute relatives
(6) Congenitally ibaf parent recorded as a sporadic case
One parent rceo'rdcil to lie a non-ccmgenital deaf mute, tbe oilier presumed
to bo a beariiiu iierson:
(rt) Noii-coiigenital dear-mute parent known to bave deaf mute relatives
(ft) Non-congenilal deaf-mute parent recorded as a sporadic case
Oener.'il results (snmmalion of all cases of marriage recorded):
Average
,
fE-^
i <- r
c
.a
.^ m i-
5^
<« 1
m
a
S-c e
.■"
"*
S~£
- P
• -ar
o
= £
6JD. *
0/
1.
"S S t»>
.a
«; - S
B
B
f^ >
B
s
So*
^
iz;
fri
187
25
13.3
2:}7
18
7.6
17:i
31
17.9
17!t
4
2.9
i:!a
23
17.4
:U3
23
7.3
ir.3
25
Hi. 3
218
11
5.0
:«io
56
15. 5
41(i
22
.5.3
285
iS
Hi. 8
531
34
<).4
230
41
17.8
130
15
11.5
53
5
!t.4
31i3
17
4.7
2:^0
33
14.7
424
33
7.8
18t)
27
14.5
112
15
13.4
43
4
9.3
288
10
5.5
55
15
27.3
lt)7
1
O.U
44
14
31.8
18
None.
(»).
10
1
10.0
75
1
1.3
81ti
82
10.0
•The percentages are given as deduced from tbe institution reiiorts. The true perccutiiges are probably mncU
greater, hut propoHionally greater.
J»9 A— BELL 4
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(a) The largo proportion of deaf otfsprinK resulting from marriages where the father was
known to have deaf-mute relatives, and from those wliere the mother was known to have deaf-
mute relatives, and the comiwratively small proportion where either parent appeared to be free
from hereditarj- taint, seem to i)oint to the conclusion that in a large proportion of cases in icliich
the marriages were productive of deaf offunring both parents had deaf-mute relatices {even in the ease
ichere one parent was a hearing person).
(b) A similar process of reasoning leads to the conclusion that in a large proportion of
marriages tchere deaf offspring resulted both parents were probably congenitally deaf where both were
deaf mutes, and one parent congenitally deaf where only one was a deaf-mute.
(e) It is thus highly probable that a large proportion of the deaf offspring of deaf mute mar-
riages had parents who were both congenitally deaf and who also both had deaf-mute relatives.
(d) Non-congenital deafness, if sporadic, seems little likely to be inherited.
(e) Another deduction we may make is that more of the deaf offspring ichose parents had deaj
relatives will marry than of those whose parents were recorded as sporadic eases, for there are more of
them; and they will have a greater tendency than the others to transmit their defect to the grandchil-
drmi.
These results are in close accordance with the experience of the venerable principal of the
Pennsylvania Institution, as expressed in the following letter:
Pennsylvania IxsTrn tiox fok Deaf and Dumu,
rhiladetphia, Noi'emher 14, 1883.
A. Gkaiiam Bell, Esq. :
Deak .Sir; Continued ill liealtli lias preveiitfd an earlier comi)linueo with your request of October 15. The list
I uow send is full and ncenrate, iiceording to the rceords of the institution and my recollection. In regard to numt
of the eases, I know of no place where fulle.i- infonnatiou can be obtained than our books furnish.
A residence of more than forty years in this institution has afforded me abiiudant opportunity for observation
in rojjard to the subject of your research. A statement of the ennclusious I have arrived at may be of some interest
and use to you.
In regard to the marringo of deaf mutes with each other, if both the nuiu and the woman are deaf from birth,
there is very great danger — I should say a strong probability — that some of the olfspring will be born deaf. I know
a family, however, where the mother is omi of three congenitally deaf children and the father one of five, anil the
seven children they have had are all without def 'ct. In the list sent you all the parents, except in two cases, were
born deaf In one of these two eases the father could hear; in the other the mother is a semi-mute.
Where both parents became deaf adventitiously, there sceinsto bo no more probability of the olfspring being born
deaf than there is where both parents hear.
Where only one of tl e parents is congenitally deaf, "le children almost always hear.
' Any further information 1 can give will be furnishe<l willingly.
Yours, reapectfullv,
JOSHUA FOSTKK.
My attempts to deduce from the records of the marriages of the deaf the influences that
cause the production of deaf ottspring have met with only partial success. Valuable iiulications
have been obtained, but precise and accurate restdts are unattaimible, on account of imperfect
data. It occurred to me some time ago that a different method might lead to an exhaustive exam-
iuation of the subject. It is known that few of the deaf and dumb married before the establish-
ment of educational institutions in this country, and nearly 78 i)er cent, of all the marriages re-
corded in the reports of the American Asylum (the oldest institution in the country), seem to have
been contracted since the year 184.'}. The probabilities are, tlierefore, that tlie vast majority of the
deaf offspring born are still living, and from them may be obtained an accurate account of their
ancestry. It also appeared probable that the majority of these deaf-mutes would at some period
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THE FORMATION OF A DMAF VARIETY OF THE HUMAN RACE.
27
of their lives, make tiieir appearance in institutions for the <leaf and dnuib, and from the institution
records might be obtained their names and addresses. Such considerations as the above led me
to send to all the institutions in the country a circidar letter of inquiry requesting the names and
addresses of all the pupils who had been admitted who had deaf-mute parents, and returns have
been received from a number of institutions.*
A starting point has thus been gained for a new investigation of the subject. The cases re
turned are sufficient in number to throw some light upon the i)roi)ortion of deaf ofl'spring born to
deaf-mutes as compared with the proportion born to the (tommunity at largo. The total number
of deaf-mutes in the country, according to the recent (iensns, is 33,878, which gives us a proportion
of one deaf mute for every 1,500 of the population. If, then, the proportion of deaf mutes, origi-
nating among the deaf mutes themselves, were no greater than in the community at large, they
should constitute only 1 in 1,500 of the deaf^nute population. In other words, we should not
have more than 23 deaf-mutes in the United States wlio are themselves the cliildren of deaf-mutes.
The returns received from the institutions, however, siiow that no less than 315 such children have
already been adviitted as pupils into 35 of tiie 58 institutions of the country (23 in-stitntions not re-
plying to my queries). Pupils are rarely admitted before they are 10 or 12 years of age and many
do not reach the institution until they are much older. Hence it is evident that this number does
not at all express the total number of such cases in the United States. Even if we suppose that no
more than 230 such cases sire to be found in the country, the proportion is ten times greater than in
the community at large, or 1 in 150. But when we consider that nearly all of these children were
born deaf, whereas nearly half of the deaf mutes of the country (15.9 per cent.) became deaf from
accidental causes, we realize that the liability to the pioduction of congenital deaf-mutes is more
nearly twenty times that of the population at large than ten times. It is evident that whatever
may be the actual number of deaf-mutes in the country who have one or both parents deaf, the true
number is much greater than that assumed above. From which it follows that the liability to the
production of deaf olJspring is also greater. While, then, we cannot at present arrive at any per.
centage, it is certain that the proportion of deaf-mute offspring born to deaf-mutes is many times greater
than the proportion born to the people at large.
* See Tables S, T, U, ami W of the Appendix. My best tkniiks are clue to the priucipals and superintendents for
their assistance in this investigation.
5:
;\
Chafteb IV.
FAMILIES OF DEAF-MUTES.
The reports of the American Asylum, Ifuw York, Oliio, Iiuliann, and Illinois Institutions
show that in each institution deaf-mutes have been received who belong to families containing
five, six, or even more deaf-mutes ; and there is abundance of evidence to indicate that such fam-
ilies are very numerous in the United States, In cases where there are five or six children of one
family deaf and dumb some of them marry when they grow up, and in many cases they marry
persons who belong, like themselves, to families cofitaining several deaf-mutes. Thus it happens
that we have here and there, scattered over the country, groups of deaf-mute families connected
together by blood and marriage.
The probability is very strong that the deaf mute children of deaf-mute marriages will at
some time or other make their appearance in the educational institutions of the country, and we
might reasonably hope to be able to trace the family relations from the published reports of the
institutions. Unfortunately, in the nuijority of cases, the information that can be gleaned in this
way is very fragmentary and uncertain, for the names of the husbands and wives of the pupils are
rarely quoted, so that it is impossible in the greut majority of cases to trace the connections. A
female deaf-mute, when she marries, changes her name to that of her husband; the new name is
not recorded iu the iustitutiou reports, and we lose track of her branch of the family. Should she
have deaf ofl'spiing they make their appearance in the institution under another family name, and
the connection is not obvious. So far as mj- researches have gone they indicate the probabdity
of a connection by blood or marriage between many of the largest of the deaf mute families of
the New England States.
In the following diagram (Fig. 1) I exhibit the results of an attempt to trace the connections
of the Brown family, of Henniker, N. H., in which there are known to be at least four generations
of deaf-mutes.
O Iiidioutcs n heoriug and speaking porgoii.
^ Ii):1icntt>M n deaf-mute.
iB Tmticati'H marriago.
.Brou/n..
O
.ifcaJhetuJfj
f f r ? f O
u
Smith.
tHO
0=*i
Swett.
111 (21 ^
rh
Siveit.
TZTh
2»
Fio. 1.— Tbe Ui'ovrn family uf Uenuikor, N. H., and a foir of its connKOtions.
THE FORMATION OF A DEAF VARIETY OF THE HUMAN RAGE.
29
The Brown family^ of Henniker, V. H. — Tlie ancestor of this fainily was one of the early
pioneers of New Hampshire. He left Stowe, in Massachusetts, sou)ewhere about the year 1787,
and settled in Henniker, N. H.
His deaf-mute son Naham (born in 1772) married a hearing lady, by whom he had a son and
daughter, both deaf and dumb. His son Thomas, when he entered the American Asylum as a
pupil, was recorded to have had "an aunt and two cousins deaf and dumb." (This branch of the
family has not yet been certainly identified.) Thomas married a deaf-mute (Mary Smith, of Chil-
mark, Mass.), by whom he had two children, Thomas L, (a deaf-mute) and a hearing daughter who
died young. The son Tliomas L. married a hearing lady ( Alinira G. Harte, of Burlington, Vt.), and
removed to Michigan, where he became one of the teachers of the Michigan Institution for tlie Deaf
and Dumb. I have no information concerning his descendants.
The deaf mute daughter of Nahum married a hearing gentleman, Mr. Bela M. Swctt, of Hen-
niker, N. H., by whom she had three sous (Thomas B., William B., and Nahum). The eldest sou,
Thomas, was born deaf; the second son, William, was born deaf in one ear, and lost the hearing
of the other in childhood from measles; and the third son, Nahum, could hear. The eldest son,
Thomas, married a dciaf-mute, and his three children (Mitchell, Charlotte E., and Mary S.) are
deaf-mutes. The second son, William, married a deaf mute (Margaret Harrington) by whom he
had Hve cliildren, all of whom could hear at birth, but two of them (Persis H. and Lucy Maria)
lost their hearing so early in life as to ne«!essitate their education in institutions for the deaf and
dumb. Two others died young and one has retained her hearing into adult life. The eldest
daughter (Persis, born 1852) has married a deaf-mute. It will thus be seen that three families
of deaf-mutes have sprung from Nahum Brown, and in two of these the deafness has descended
to the fourth generation. In the other family it descended to the third generation, beyond which
I have been unable to trace the family. The deaf-mute connections of the Brown family have onlj'
been partially worked out.
1. The wife of William B. Swett was Margaret Harrington, who had a deaf-mute brother,
Patrick, who married a deaf-mute (Surah Worcester), who had a twin deaf-mute brother ( Frank), who
married a deaf-mute (Almira Huntington), who had a deaf-mute sister (Sophia M.), who married a
deaf-mute (James H. Hines).* Frank Worcester, one of the twin deaf-mutes has a deaf-mute son —
the other twin (Susan) lias a child who hears.
2. On the other side of the family, the wife of Thomas Brown (Mary Smith, of Ohilmark,
Martha's Vineyard) had a hearing brother (Capt. Austin Smith), who had two deaf-mute children
(a son and a daughter). The son (Freeman N.) nnirried a deaf-mute (Deidama West).t Mrs. Brown
also had a deaf-mute sister (Sally), who " unirried a hearing man of Martha's Vineyard (Hariif
Mayhew) who had 5 deaf-mute brothers aiul sisters."
The Lovejoy family. — This is another New England family in which deafness has been banded
down through four generations. Benjamin Lovejoy, a deaf-mute, of Sidney, Me., is recorded in
• Tho fiitluT aiiil mother of Jamos U. Hines (iHiiiie and Sopliia) wciu both (Icaf'-iniitcs, and he ha.s a deaf-inuto
son (Eddio), and a eousin deaf and dumb. His iiiDther (Sophia Uowlcy ) also has a deaf-mute cousin.
t They bad a deaf-mute daughter (Loviua). Deidama West hud a deaf-mute mother, Deidama (Tilton) West, and two
maternal uueU-s deaf aud dumb (Franklin aud Zeno Tilton) who married deaf-unites. She also had three brothers and
one Bister deaf aud dumb (Ueorge, Henjamiu, .Joseph L., and Kebeeca). (ieorge married a deaf-mute (Sabriua Rogers),
and has a deaf-mute child (Eva 8. West). Henjamiu married a hearing lady (Mary Hathaway). I have no informa-
tion couceruiug their offspring. Rebeeca nuirried a deaf-mute (Eugene Trask), who had a deaf-mule brother (John
Trask) who married a deaf-mute. George Trask, a deaf-mute, born about 1H80, is 'probably the sou of Eugene
Trosk and Kebeeca West.
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the reports of the American Asylum to have had " a graiidfather, father, and 3 children deaf and
dumb." There are other families of deaf-mutes of the same name which are obvionsly connected.
(See Fig. 7.)
The Ouat family, of Tllimin. — Two members of tbi? family onttreu the Illinois Institution in
1859 and 1862. It was recorded of them in the 1882 report that there had been deafness in the
family for five generations. No particulars, however, are given.
O Iniliontes a hearing person
9 Intiicnlen n rteaf-mnte.
^ ImUcatos marriage.
Sbagland,
■ to.
HJoagumd,
{LtxMfUmBrand^ {OtdUiin Co, SraneK)
Reed.
^
Blaunti
6T7^
{No informedian
eotuerrUnif ih»
ilescendaiU4)
{^o information eoncsmiru/
the dtcendants^ '
Fig. 2.— The Uoaglunrt family of Ki-utucky.
The Roagland family, of Kentucky (Fig. 2.) — This is one of the most remarkable of tha deaf-mute
families of America. In the above diagram \ have attempted to show the family connections
so far as they are known to me. In 1853 this family was stated to consist of a father, himself deaf
and dumb, with 7 deaf mute children. He had 2 deaf-mute nephews, one of whom was married
and had two deaf-mute children. He also had a hearing s'ster who had two deaf-mute sons, one
of whom iiad 3 children, all deaf mutes.*
The principal of the Kentucky Institution has kindly furnished me with the following addi-
tional particulars concerning this family. He says:
*-In 1822 two brothers, Thoums and William Hoagland, entered our institution. Thomas
never married, but William married a deaf mule. He had a son and two daughters, all of whom
were mutes aiul married mutes. Jesse, the son, has five children, all of whom can hear. Mrs.
Blount, the eldest daughter, has one son, a mute ; Clara, the other daughter, is childless. This
may be called the Lexington brancli, as their home was there. Another, the Gallatin Co- nty
branch, contained seven deaf-mutes. In another branch, the Reeds, the fattier and his three
children are mutes. Only a part of all these mutes have been at school, and it is diilicult to trace
n the scanty records the exact relationship between the different branches."
The AdkitiH family, of Kentucky. — This family was stated in 18.j3 to contain nine deaf-mutes.t
The Orisson family, of Kentuoky. — I am indebted to the principal of the Kentucky Institution
for the following very instructive particulars concerning this family:
"There were three or four deaf-mute brothers and sisters of this family who were pupils here
(Kentucky Institution) about the year 1828; one of them, William, married a deaf-mute lady and
• Aniericau Auiials of the Deaf and Dumb, vol. vi, p. 255.
t Americau Annalg of the Deaf aad Dumb, vol. vi, p. 25ti.
I
THE FOllMATION OF A DEAF VAKIETY OF THE HUMAN RACE.
31
bad a numerous family, all of whom could hear. One of his sous married his cousin, also a hearing
person, and all of their Jive children are dcafviutes."
In 1870 Mr. Benjamin Talbot, then principal of the Iowa Institution, published in the American
Annals of the Deaf and Dumb (vol. xv, p. 118) an account of some fainilies of deaf-mutes residing
in his State. One or two of the most remarkable cases umy be noted which are of a i)articularly
suggestive character.
O Indicateiin lieai-iiig penion.
A Indicates a doaf mute.
JTw Lurber Family
Iowa.
1
^iFather had dtxxf and dumb
relatives in Indiana)
66 <!> i i i 6 il 6 6 A
(JTo infiirmcUian eonetrrung th* dttetndaittt)
Fio. 3.— The Lurbor family of Town.
Tlie Lurber Jamily, of Iowa (Fig. 3). — " The father ia a deaf-mute, without education, who came
to Iowa from Indiana, where there are, or have been, several deaf-mute relatives. Of twelve
children in this family only one, and slie the eighth, was born deaf. Four others, the fourth, fifth,
sixth, and ninth, have lost tlieir hearing in wiiole or in part, and have been sent to school hero
(Iowa Institution)."
^Euston.
6
iiroihcrg,
or
Sin tars.
0
O Inilicntesft liearingporson.
@ Tndicntea n partially deaf person.
9 Indicf.trs a deaf-mnte.
=^ Indicates marriage.
^*'i-^!:r^)
II ths brothers an^\
tisttn became deaf,
or hard of hearinci
earltf In life.
6646 6 4 6444
(So information eoneemintf the deaeeniUmte!^
Fin. 4,— The iliiston family of Iowa.
The Huston, family, of Iowa (Fig. 4). — "There have been ten children in this family, of whom
the third and eighth lost their hearing by disease, while the sixth, ninth, and tenth were born deaf.
32
MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
J
Mr. Iliistou's j^rniKliiintlierfl were nisters, and tlio pr.andfatlicr luid graiidinotlier of this family were
ftrnt (>oiiM<iis. Mr. Huston's brotluM'H, like liinisolf, woru lioaltliy and lonR lived, but, Iii<e him, they
all bemme don/, or at io is', Imnl of iicuiiig, eainivirativcly o rly in life."
rullerton. ^^^
(Ifoinforiitatian> conctrning ih9\
(iVu informalion oonetrning
the iluetmkmtt ^
ludlcn'on n deaf iniito.
Indlcaica innrringo.
Ii
Fio. 5.-Tli« t'lillortoa family of (lobroo, N. Y.
The Ftillerton famili/, of Hebron, X. Y. (Fig. 5). — Sayles Works, born 1808 (a presiiined con-
genital deaf-mute of the New York Institution), married Jane FuUerton, born 1800 (a congenital
deaf mute educated in tlie same institution), who bad six brothers and sisters deaf and dumb.
All of their six children were deaf and dumb. Tiiere were thus fourteen deaf-mutes in this family.
I have no information concerning the descendants.
O Indicates a hearing person
^ Indicates a doaf-inuto.
=z Indicates mniriage.
(Harriiori^
I (Amohl)
(Amohl) (WycTcaff:) (WiUiama.)
TVi
(JVo informaiion
concerning ths
dfseenilantt)
Fig. f».— a family indicati-d in tlie 18.*»4 report of tlie Xew York inntitntion.
A remarkable family reported from the ¥ew York InsHlution for the Deaf and Dumb. — The
particulars of this family, as gleaned from the 1854 report of the New York Institution, are shown
in the above diagram (Fig. 6): As the descent is in the female line, this genealogical table could
not have been made had it not been for tiie fact that the New York report gives the names of the
husbands and wives of some of the pupils.
TIIK FORMATION OF A UK.VF VAKIOTY OF TIIK HUMAN UACH.
33
(I
I
Tlus Mien. Family,
of Hartford, Me.
E!i!-iiu „ilu:i nl 'ivvs deaf and Jumli.
JtKliWiA Al.LF.N, mliiiillU'l In Aini'iiraii AMVliini in If^i.!, \v^vi\ iX ycurn.
Slit: 1h roi'oi'ili'il iiH liuviii^ "Iwn Itiollii ih, \\\i\ slNlfis. uimI ('U^\4mi nthcr
ivliitivfs tti-at'uiid iliiiiiU," and tt> have ' nmiiicil it dcnt'nnitc."
im
The Lovejoy tb/nilj/,
ef Fayette, We.
^
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The Lmejay Family,
tf Sidney f Me.
♦O
The Lw^aif Family,
of Concord, tl. If,
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Till' Lo\ I'joYn lit' Now Hiiiii|p«lilni iiiii liini Kniupixl with Ihi^ UiviuoYB
(if iMiiiiii', iilllioiijili wo buvu no uuiluin oviiUiito tluit Uioy mo ciiniiected.
"Tl
Th« Howe Family,
afyewaioucttter,Mi.
. us tltaf-multt initio famUy\
(7 dtaf-mutet in a fnmilij . 5 marriei to deafmutn) ^4 married 10 dtaf-mutt$, I
The CurtU Family,
of Leedt, Me.
f*f*f-f-^^H^f-f-*
The lloyers Family,
of Freeport, Ale.
The Wdkefleli FamUy.
af Oardiner.lUi.
The Seidtirs Family,
of TValdaioro.lUi.
Kmma Si:n»Ki;s. iiiliiiittnl l^.'.S. a-fd
0 yraiH; liiul ' onr sister, iin<- lnotln'r,
OHH uiiclf, on'M'tmsiu, drat' and dumb."
father relatives.)
• • •
Of wan
Ehthku '.VAKiiKii:i.i>, ailiiiiilcd lH4d.
ttfied II yrai-H; bad "niu' sister, ime
uncle, three e(^u^^ins, Mini nilier relrt-
tive.s deaf.iml dnnih."
The WUliurnsoTt Fanuly,
ofyorthport, Afe.
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ayed 11 years: Iiad '•I\vi» unclcu anil
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married a (leafmuto.
The Small Favuly,
ofWaat SaiwillttfMe.
[Sevrn relnth'ps
flfof ami {lumh)
•••••••
The Jack Family,
ofjackaan, Me .
DusnAii.lACK. adniitlod lK"i8,
a^edH yiR; Iiad 'twt) brolbiTS,
two mules, and twit couhIus
deofainl dumb."
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Fk;. 7.— a c'"!!)! of lUiafniiitr fiiiiiiliOH fniiii Maiim.
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MKMOIIIS OF THK NATIONAFi A(3A1)KMY OK 8CIKNCB8.
A firoup of tiea/mutc fnmilien from Maine. — MemluTs of tlio (leiif-initti^ faiiiilit'S rIu>wii in Fijf.
7 liavo Ik'cii iidinitti'il into tlic AiiuM'icivii Anvliini iit Huittbrtl. donn. There in no u'<ronl Hliowiii);
Hiiy ii'lationMliip betwt'on tlio fainilii'H, hut their eloso pntxiiiiit.v to one another Im extremely huk-
(•eHlive. Tlie fact tlnit there are fonr generatioiiH of tleaf ninten in the Lovejoy family Huj;jj;»'»tH
tlie i(h'a tliat some of tiie otiier faiiiiiieH may periiaps he deHeeixled from it thron(;li the female line.
Whatever tlie explanation, it is at all eventH remarkable that ho many large deuf-mnte families
should have originated in small plaees within a few miles of one another.
It must not be supposed that I have attempted to give an exhaustive list of the large deaf-
mute fiiinilies. I have simply given specimen cases to i)rove that in many different parts ot the
country deafness has been transmitted by heredity. There are nniny more largo fanulies known
to me wliich are not alluded to above.
1
CUAPTEU v^
I'l'ON THR OUOWTH OF TlIK DKAK MTTK POlU'l-A'I'IoN.
Tlio full iTtiirim of llio 1880 cimihuh, ho far as n-;;anls tlio dwif anil (liiiiib, Iiiivc not y«t been
published; but, as Htatcd bi'.fori', Uev. FrcihTick II. Wiiu'H, who luul cliargo of tliis dopaitiiKMit of
the conHUH, prcneiitud to the tenth convention of American iiiNlriK^torN of the deaf and dumb the
rcHultM of an analysis of -'2,472 cases of deaf-muti'.s reported in the census returns. The tables
presented by Mr. Wines have been reproduced in the Appendix. (See Tables N, (), I', Q.)
It will be observed that the cases arc classitled aticordiu); to the period when deafness occurred
and accordinjj to the cause of deafness (whether coii>,'enital or not). I have rearraiifjed these cases
into decades, so as to correspond with the classilicalion of the ])npils of the American Asylum
and Illinois Institution, and have represented tiie results ^M'a|)hi«;ally in tlie followinj; tlia^nam:
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The congeuitol (leaf-mutes are Inrticatcil by tlio dark line; the iion-cout;enital, by the ligbt lino.
36
MKMOIUR OF TMK NATIOVAli AOADKMY OF HdlFNOKS.
' »1
Tim oidiiiiitoH of llio (MirvoH roprtimMit, r»'H|M'<itivt>ly, tlio iiiiinbcr of roiiKdiiihtl mid iioiicoii
Kt'iiitnl <l<>iir-iniit«m who l)cciiriio <h>at' in (lit« iltuiaili's iixliciittMl by Mii> iibMciMMiH. In tlit> vnm of the
(Mtn^'ciiitiil (It'iit'iinitcH till' oriliniit«'M iilxo i-<>|irof«Mit tlir iiiimiImm' wIio \v<>n« born in tlitHl(>ni(l<>H Ki^'*^"*
but this is nut true of thi< iion(!oiiK<>nitiilN. It will lut olm«>rv<'il that the iiiiiiibor of ilfiil iiuitoH rt>-
tunifil who bfcaint' ib'af in liii' lant (it'cadf, IH7I-'«(I, Ih h-HH than th«^ nuuibcr who bccanit' ib'nf in
tlu' pr.'ct'ilinj; lict^iKh'. TIiIm does not iifWHwuily uinin that the iiiinibor iictnally wiih 1('Hh, but in«»ro
probably iiidicatcM that the n'tnrii.s for the hint di'caib' art' iiiipcitfct. Mr. VViiu's miys that "In
pioporlioii to the di'^n't' of their youlii the yoiiiiKt'r deaf nuite.s arc not I'liimitMatt'd. Ft-wer di-af-
niiiti'N wlio arc liabcM in arms are »'iinnu'ratcd than at tin* a>,'i' of tliire years, and ftuver at three
yearH than at seven. The apparent niaxiinum nt Hoven is not the actual nni.xiuiiini ; the actual
inaxiiiiuin is at some younger a^u not yet ascertained."
In the aitove diagram those portions of the curves that are believed to be nnreliable from this
cause are indicated by dotted lines.
It will be observed that ainonj; the older deaf mutes the con(;enitals are more numerous than
tho noncoiifjenitals; whereas amoufj the ymiiiKer the reverse appears to bo the case. There is no
apparent diminution in the numbers of the confjenitally deaf born of late years; and the reversal
of the relation liet ween tlie two classes must be attril)iitcd to an abniiriiial increase in the number
of those who became deaf from disease or aiu^ident. It looks as if a wave of deafneMsi)roducing
disease had swept over the continent about the time of the late civil war.
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TIIK FORMATION OK A DKAK VAItlKTY OK TIIK HUMAN IIAOK.
87
Tlituit aru inilUnitioiiN uIho of li Himiliir tlinii)r|i Ionh diNtiirlmncc in tlu^ iiiiiiiIhm'h of tlioH« who
loHt tlu'ir licariiiK from «liHt>aMt> iliiriiiK tlio tlocaUo \H\ I to 1M1*0. Ai> cxaiiiiiiatioii of Mm> icportH of
tlic^ AiiHTiaiii An,vIiiiii aiiti lllitioiH iiiHlitiition may throw liglit upon tlitt iialiint of IhcHc ilJNturh-
an<!tm. li.v claHMifyiuK tl>*< pii|)ilH of thi'Hc iiiHtitiitionH a<roi'(liii); to thi^ir period of hirtli, wi; obtain
thu i-eHiiltH tliat ai'u t^xiiil)it«Ml (;rapi>icall.v in l\w fori>(;oinK ilia^M'am {Vi^(. 0).
Th(^ appanuit th'ci'caMtt in tiit* nnmh(M' of piipilH horn in tlio last two tUMMulcH \n Niiscoptihh' nf
niiiiplc ttxplanation. Very few pupilN arc hmumvimI into iiiMtitntionH for tint th>af uihI dnrnh liefori^
tlicy ar» tiMi uv twclvu yt^arH of a^*^*, whiK> it in not nncommon for pupilH to Itti admitted ut twuniy
or twi^nly-rtvo years of ngo or even older.
A pupil born in thu year IM(lt) would only be l.'t years of af^e in IHH'J (the date of the Illinois
report). It Ih evident, therefore, that of those deaf mutes \vh(» were horn in the decade 1H(J(> to
IMiil) who will ultimately make their aitpearanee in thu Illinois institution all had not been received
at the date of tlu' report.
A similar explamition can be given in the case of the American Asylum. Thu dotted linoH
indicate those portions of the curves which are known to bo inaccurate on this account.
In repird to the American Asylum the abnormal increase in th(> number of pupils who became
deaf from disease or ac(Mdent who were born during the decade IHIO-'IO is very marked. Another
uimtrmal increase is observable in the luimber of those who became deaf in the decadc! 18(i(>-'ti0.
Indeed, the relations of the coii{j;enital and nonconjfenital deaf-mutes are revermed in a similar
manner to that shown in Ki(j. 8. In regard to the Illinois pupils (see Via. '•) it will be observed
that the increase in the numbers of the non-congenitally <b'af is so enormous, that of the i)Upils who
were born in the decade 1800-'(5!> there were more than three tinu's as many uoncon^renitally deaf
as there were congenitally deaf, and of those born in 1870-70 more than four times, whereas the
census returns show that more than half of all the deaf-mutes living in this country (1880) were
born deaf.
In the reports of the American Asylum and Illinois institutions the year when each i)upil was
admitted and his age when admitted are noted, with few exceptions. From these eletm>nts the
l»eriod of birth has been calculated. The peiiod when hearing was lost has also been ascertained
in all cases where the age of the pupil when deafness occurred is stated in the rei)ort.
In tables K and L of the A|)pen(lix the non congenital pupils of both institutions ure (flass-
ifled ac<H)rding to the period when hearing was lost and according to the disease that caused
deafness. In regard to the Illinois re|)ort it is unfortunately the case that the age of the pupil
when deafness occurred is not stite<l in .'J27 cases out of 047, so that we an^ only able to classify
about two-thirds of the cases in this way. The results are shown graphically in the upper dia-
grams of Fig. 10.
F'rom the tables in the Appendix we have clear evidences of two ei)ideniicsof ''spotted fever,"*
or epidemic cerebro si)inal meningitis. One epidemic during the decade ISIO to 1810, reaching a
maximum in the year 1815, and the other (a great epidemic) in the decade 18(50 to 18(10, continuing
in the last decade, 1870 to 1870,
The pupils who Ijeciamc deaf from cerebrospinal meningitis and from scarlet fever are clas-
sitied according to the period when deafness occurred in the lower diagrams of Fig. 10,
The numbers of the nonconyenUally deaf are evidently subject to great and sudden fluctuations on
account of epidemical diseases which cause' deafness, ivherea,i the growth of the congenitaUij-deaf popula-
tion seems to be much more regular. "^
'AcconUiiK to Dr. RuHsell Koynolds "spottoil'fcver" is n'popnlar name for epidemic cerobro-spiiial meningitis.
See "A System of Medicine," ICWO, Vol. I, pp. 296-7.
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39
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(leaf, and the upper line the total number of deaf-mutes retnrneil who have one or botli pnnnts denf.
No deaf-innte having both i)arents deaf has been returned who was born before the year 1832.
rt seems probable, therefore, that the oldest deaf-mute in the country whose jtarents wore both
deaf mutes is (uily now a little past middle age. We have therefore received into our institutions
only f/te/jvjfi/PwtTfl^Vtt of deaf-mutes born from the intermarriage of deaf mutes. The apparent
decrease in the number born since 18(il does not necessarily indicate a real decrease, for many of
the deaf-mutes born in the decade 18r»l to 1870 have not yet been admitted to institutions for the
deaf and dumb. Those portions of the curves that w know to be unreliable from this cause
arc represented in dotted lines.
In concluding this portion of my subject it may be well to institute a compiirison between the
deaf-mute population and th(! total population of the country as returned by the census of 1880.
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In Table U of the Appendix I have classified the people of the United States according to the
decades in which they were born, and have reduced the number burn in eacli decade to a percent-
age of the wliole. In the same table 1 have cla8>^ified the 12,154 congonital deaf mutes uientioned
by Mr. Wines in a similar' manner, and also the deaf-mutes who have both parents deaf-mutes.
We can tlius examine upon the same scale the distribution of the three classes according to age.
The results are siiown graphi(!ally in the diagram, Fig. 12.
The ordinates represent the percentage of the whole svho were born in tlie decades indicated
by the .ibsciasfe.
If we assume that the numerical relation now existing between congenital deaf-mutes and
hearing persons of the same age approximately represents the proportion of the congenitally deaf
to the wliole population born at the period when they were born, we have a means of comparing
the growth of the congenitally deaf pojiulation with that of the population at large.
The indications are ihat the congenital deaf-mutes of the count^-y are increasing at a greater rate
than the population at large; and the deaf-mute children of deaf-mutes at a greater rate than the con-
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UPON THE CAUSES THAT DETERMINE THE SELECTION OP THE DEAF BY THE DEAP IN MABBIAGE.
In the preceding cliapters I have shown that sexual selection is at work among the deaf and
dninb, t«nding to produce a deaf variety of the human race.
Those who believe as I do, that the production of a defective race of human beings would be
a great calamity to the world, will examine carefully the causes that lead to the intermarriages of
the deaf with the object of applying a remedy.
It is a significant fact that "before the deaf and dumb were educated comparatively few of
them married";* and intermarriage (if it existed at all) was so rare as to be practically unknown.
This suggests the thought that the intermarriages of the deaf and dumb have in some way been
promoted by our methods of education. When we examine the subject from this point of view a
startling condition of affairs becomes apparent.
Indeed, if we desired to create a deaf variety of the race, and were to attempt to devise
methods which should compel deaf-mutes to marry deaf-mutes, we could not invent more complete
or more efiicient methods than those that actually exist and which have arisen from entirely
different and far higher motives.
Let us, then, consider how we might proceed to form a race of deaf-mutes, if we desired so to do,
and let us compare the steps of the process with those that have been adopted by philanthropists
and others, from the purest and most disinterested motives, to ameliorate the condition of the
deaf and dumb. How would we commence?
1. With such an object in view, would it not be of importance to separate deaf-mutes from
hearing persons as early in life as possible and make them live together in the same place, care-
fully guarding them from the possibility of making acquaintances among hearing persons of their
own age? This is what we do. W^e take deaf children away from their homes and place them in
institutions by the hundred, keeping them there from early childhood to the commencement of
adult life.
2. It would also be of importance to promote social intercourse among them in adult life, so that
the boys and girls of former years should meet again as men and women. We might, for instance,
hold periodical reunions of former pupils at the institutions. This again is what we do.
Indeed, the graduates of our institutions now commonly organize themselves into societies or
associations lor the promotion of social intercourse in adult life. Societies of ileaf-mutes are to be
found in all large cities and in many of the smaller ones. Booms are hired in a central locality,
which become the rendezvous of the deaf-mutes of the neighborhood. After the business of the
day is done, the deaf-mutes of the city meet together for social intercourse and on Sundays for
public worship. Not only do local societies exist, but there are State associations for promoting
social intercourse between the deaf-mutes of a State. Periodical conventions are held in different
•See "The Causes of Deuftiess," by the Rev. W. W. Turner, American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb, vol. i, p. 32.
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parts of the State, atteiukul by deaf-niutCH of both sexes. At these meetings they anniHe them-
selves in various ways. Sonietiinea they hohl fairs; have theatrical representations in dumb
show, spectiujular tableaux, daniMug, &c.
Not only do these State attaociations exist, but a National Association has been formed for
the purpose of promoting social intercourse between the scattered deaf-mutes of the country. The
Second National Convention of DciifMutes met only a short tinu! ago in New York, and was
attended by hundreds of deaf-mutes from all parts of the United States.
3. Another method calculated to foster chissfeeling among the deaf and dumb would be to
provide them with newspapers antl periodicals of tlieir own, which should make a specialty of
"personals" relating to the deaf and dumb — newspapers that should give full accounts of the deaf-
mute conventions and reunions, and keep their readers informed of the movements of deaf mutes,
their marriages, deaths, &c. Quite a number of such newsi)apers have come into existence;* the
majority being supported by the educational institutions of the country, with the benevolent object
of teaching the deaf mutes the art of printing. These papers, I understand, are generally edited
and printed in the institutions, umler the sui)erintendence of the teachers. It was only natural
to include among the items "personals" (ioncerning former pupils, and that former pupils of the
institution should take pleasure in reading them. In addition to the periodic^als printed in the
institutions, others have appeared edite<l and niamiged by adult deaf-mutes not connected with
any institution. These latter i)ai»ers became the organs of communication between the adult deaf-
mutes, and were afliliated with the conventions and associations above referred to.
4. The methods specified above, while they serve to facilitate social intercourse between adult
deaf-mut«s, do not necessarily prevent them from also associating with hearing persons. As there
are 1,500 hearing persons for every one deaf-mute, it seems diflicult to fornuilate any plan which
would restrict their choice of partners in life to deaf-mutes alone or to the hearing member.} of
deaf-mute families. Let us consider how this could be accomplished.
What more powerful or efficient means could be found than to teach the deaf-mutes to think
in a different language from that of the people at large ? This is what we do. In the majority
of our institutions for the deaf and dumb a special language is u.'.ed as the vehicle of thought,
a language sis different from English as French or (ierman or Knssian. The English language is
confined to the schoolroom, and is simply taught as a school exercise, much as French and German
are taught in the public schools.
The deaf-mutes think in the gesture language, and English is apt to remain a foreign tongue.
They can communicate with hearing persons by writing, but they often write in broken English, as a
foreigner would speak. They think in gestures, and often translate into written English with the
'idioms of the sign language. The constant practice of the sign language interferes with the mas-
tery of the English language, and it is to be feared that comparatively few of the congenitally deaf
are able to read books understandingly uidess couched in simple language. They are thus in a
great measure cut off from our literature. This is another element in forcing them into each other's
society. They are able to understand a good deal of what they see in our daily newspapers,
especially if it concerns what interests them personally, but the political speeches of the day, the
leading editorials, &c., are often beyond their knowledge of the English language.
'These must not be confounded with the Anii-i iciiii Aiiimls of tlie Deaf and Dumb, a journal of a very different
character, not intended to be read specially by deaf-niutes themselves. This journal iHaipiarterly uiagnzine, devoted
to the discuHsiou of subjects connected with the education of the deaf and dumb, and forms the otlicial organ of com-
munication between teachers. It is one of the most admirably conducted special journals in existence, and contains
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6. Another method of couHolidatiug the deaf mid dumb into a distinct class in the community
would be to reduce the sign-language to writing, so that the deaf-mutes would have a common
literature distinct from the rest of the world. Such a 8i)ecies of writing would constitute a form
of ideography like the Egyptian hieroglyphics. This, I understand, has already been accomplished
by the late Mr. George Hutton, of Ireland, afterwards principal of the Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb in Halifax, Nova Scotia.* The full publication of his method was prevented by his prema-
ture death; but a committee was appointed by the Indianapolis Convention of American Instruct-
ors of the Deaf and Dumb, to act in conjunction with his successor and son, Mr. J. Scott Hutton,
to attempt the recovery of the system from the iiosthumous pajiers of Mr. George Hutton. I have
not yet seen the report of the committee.
6, Another and very powerful method of obstructing intercourse with hearing persons and
compelling deaf-mutes to associate exclusively with one another would be to disseminate through-
out the community incorrect ideas concerning the deaf and dumb, so that people should avoid and
even fear them. The growth of erroneous ideas is favored by collecting deaf-mutes into institu-
tions away from public observation. People rarely see a deaf-mute, aud their iuibrmation cou-
cerning them is chiefly derived from books and periodicals.
Whatever the cause, it is certainly the case that adult deaf-mutes are sometimes hampered by
the instinctive prejudices of hearing persons with whom they desire to have business or social re-
lations. Many persons have tlio idea they are dangerous, morose, ill-tempered, &c. Then again
people do not understand the mental condition of a person who cannot speak and who thinks in
gestures. He is sometimes looked upon as a sort of monstrosity, to be stared at aud avoided.
His gesticulations excite sur))rise aud even sometimes alarm in ignorant minds. In connection
with this subject I may say that as lately as 1857 a deaf-mute was shot dead in Alabama by a
man who was alarmed by his gestures.! In fact fallacies concerning the deaf and dumb are so
common ivs to touch us all and to suggest the advisability of seriously examining the fundamental
ideas wo hold concerning them. — — — -^
I have elsewhere discussed the subject of '"Fallacies concoruiTig the deaf and the influence
of these fallacies in i)reventing the amelioration of their condition," and shall n(»t therefore en-
large upon the subject here. I shall simply give a few of the conclusions at which I arrived in the
paper referred to.J
"1. Those whom we term 'deaf-mutes' have no other natural defect than that of deafness.
They are simjdy persons who are deaf from childhood, and many of them are only ' hard of hearing.'
"2. Deaf children are dumb not on account of lack of hearing, but of lack of instruction. No
one teaches them to speak.
"3. A gesture-language is developed by a deaf child at home, not because it is the only form
of language that is natural to one in his condition, but because his parents and friends neglect to
use the English language in his presence in a clearly visible form.
"4. (a) The sign-language of our institutions is an artificial and conventiouiil language derived
from pantomime.
"(&) So far from being natural either to deaf or hearing persons, it is not understood by deal
children on their entrance to an institution. Nor do hearing persons become sufficiently familiar
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tSee American Auuals of the Deaf and Dumb, vol. x, p. 116.
X See Bulletin Philosophical Society of Washington, D. C, October 27, 1883; also American Annals of the Deaf and
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with the language to bo thoroughly qunliQed as teachers until after one or more yearn' residence
in an institution for the doaf and dumb.
;J^(c) The practice of the sign language hinders the acquisition of the English language.
"(d) It makes deaf-mutes associate together in adult life, and avoid the society of hearing
people.
" {e) It thus causes the intermarriage of deaf-mutes and the propagation of their physical defect.
"5. Written words can be associated directly with the ideas they express, without the inter-
vention of signs, and written English can be taught to deaf children by usage so as to become
their vernacular.
"G. A language can only be made verimcular by constant use as a means of communication,
without translation.
"7. Deaf children who are familiar with the English language in either its written or spoken
forms can be taught to understand the utterances of their friends by watching the mouth.
"8. The requisites to the art of speech-reading are:
" (a) An eye trained to distinguish quickly those movements of the vocal organs that are
visible (independently of the meaning of what is uttered) ;
"{&) A knowledge of homophenes — that is, a knowledge of those words that present the
same appearance to the eye ; and,
I "((•) Sufficient fiimiliarity with the English laiigu.ige to enable the 8))eech- reader to judge by
( /Context which word of a homophenous group is the word intended by the speaker.''
7. From what has been said above it will be seen that we have in actual operation the elements
necessary to compel deaf-mutes to select as their partners in life persons who are familiar with the
gesture language. This practically limits their selection to deaf-mutes and to hearing persons
related to deaf-mutes. They do select such partners in marriage, and a certain proportion of their
children inherit their physical defect. We are on the way therefore towards the formation of a
deaf variety of the human race. Time alone is necessary to accomplish the result.
If we desired such a result what more could we do to hasten the end in view ? We might
attempt to formulate some plan which should lead the deaf children of deaf-mutes to ma.ry one
another instead of marrying deaf-mutes who had not inherited their deafness; or to marry hearing
persons belonging to families in which deafness is hereditary. If, for instance, a number of the
large deaf-mute families of the United States — families in which we know deafness to be heredi-
tary— were to settle in a common place so as to form a community largely composed of deaf-mutes,
then the deaf children born in the colony would be thrown into association with one another and
would probably intermarry in adult life, or marry hearing persons belonging to the deaf-mute fam-
ilies. Though fewer in number than the original deaf settlers, they would probably be more prolific
of deaf offspring; and each succeeding generation of deaf-mutes would increase the probability of
the deaf-mute element being rendered permanent by heredity. Such a result would certainly ensue
if the numbers of the deaf and dumb in the colony were constantly kept up by the immigration
of congenital deaf-mutes from outside; and if a large proportion of the hearing children born in
the colony were to leave and mingle with the outside woi^ld. Under such circumstances we might
anticipate that a very few generations would suffice for the establishment of a permanent race of
deaf-mutes with a language and literature of its own.
Plans for the formation of a deaf-mute community have a number of times been discussed by the
deaf-mutes themselves. The idea originated in the action of Congress in endowing the American
Asylum for Deaf-mutes at Hartford with a tract of land. Mon, Laurent Clerc, in conversation
with some of the earlier pupils of the American Asylum, remarked that it would be a good
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plan to sell a portion of the liuiil tor tho bcnoltt of tho inHtitiition and retain the roniaindor as
head-quarterH for thu deaf and dumb, to wiiiuli tlioy could eniigrato after heinf; educuted.* ThiH
idea took root in thu niindH of the pupilH of the Anieriuan AHyluni, and afterwardn developed
into a naniber of indepcuidont and eccentric HclieineH for tiiu f(»rmation of a deaf mute community.
Borne of the pupilH before their {graduation formed an agreement to emigrate to the West and
settle in a common placet
Then a number of yearn afturwardn a deaf-mute publicly urged tho formation of a deaf-mute
commonwealth. Congress was to be (tetitioned to form a deaf-mute state or territory, &c. The
details, though quite impracticable, i>rought forwur<l the fact that a numbur of schemes of some-
what similar character were in the minds of deaf-mutes in different parts of the country. One
deaf-mute publicly offered to contribute $5,()U<) towards such a scheme if others could be found to
join him. It was urged that the natural affection of the parents would lead to the distribution of
- the land among their children, and that as the miijority of their children could hear and speak the
land would soon pass out of tho control of the deaf-mutes themselves. This was to be remedied in
various ways — as, for instance, by legislation — so as to secure descent in the deaf-mute line -iloue.
The American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb became the channel of communication between
the various thinkers.^ The scheme that received most sipprobation was the purrhase of a tract of
land by a few of the wealthy deaf-mutes, who were to agree to sell out the land in small blocks
to other deaf-mutes. The whole scheme was afterwards discussed at a convention of tho tleaf-
nmtes of New England, and was overthrown by the influence of the Kev. W. W. Turner, Mr. Lau-
rent Clerc, and other teachers, in conjunction with the most intelligent of tlie deaf-mutes them-
selves. Since then the subject has not been publicly discussed, to my knowledge; but such a
scheme is still favored by individual deaf-mutes, and may therefore be revived in organized shape
at any time.§
CONCLUSION.
I think all will agree that the evidence shows a tendencj' to the formation of a deaf variety of
the human race in Americii. What rciiuMliul ini-asurcs can be taken to lessen or check this tend-
ency f We shall consider the subject nuder two heads: (1) rejjressive, (2) preventive measures.
(1.) Repressive vieasures. — The first thought that occurs in this connection is that the infermar-
riage of deaf-mutes might be forbidden by legislative enactment. So long, however, as deaf-mutes
of both sexes continue to associate together in adult life, legislative interference with marriage might
only promote immorality. JJut, without entirely prohibiting intermarriage, might not the mar
riages of the deaf be so regulated as to reduce tho probabilities of the production of deaf offspring
to a minimum? For instance, a law forbidding congenitally deaf persons from intermarrying
would go a long way towards checking the evil. Such a law might, however, become inoperative
on account of the impossibility of proving that a person had been born deaf.
Legislation forbidding the intermarriage of persons belonging to families containing more
, fj. than one deaf-mute would be more practicable. This would cover the intermarriage of hearing
persons belonging to such families, and also the case of a consanguineous marriage in a deaf-mute
family.
In order to justify the passage of such an act, however, the results of intermarriages of this
kind should be more fully investigated than is possible at the present time on account of limited
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tSee "American Annals of tbe Duuf and Dumb," vol. x, p. 73.
t See vol. X, pp. 72-90; 136-160; 212-215.
i Since this paper was read, a Kuropean philanthropist has commenced the colonization of a tract of land in
Manitoba by dcaf-mntes. I am informed by a friend who resides in Winnipeg that about 24 deaf-mutes, with their
families, have already arrived from Kuropo and have settled upon the laud. More are expected next year.
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data. Stops ahould be taken towanls the collection of Hiieoial ntntiaticH, immI tlie hint itiitionH hIiouI«1
be urgtul to publiHh the innterialH in their poflHesHion. I wntte to the priucipiilH of all the iuHtitu-
tiona in the country, rc<|ueHting them to forward to me hucIi of their publiHhed ruporlH >im (;ontainc*l
any of the required MtatiHtiua. Although my requeot was honored by a renponHe from a lar(;e num-
ber of institutions, the information contained in the reports in reference to the subject of iiuiuiry
was generally of the most meagre description.
Among repressive measures should perhaps be included the influence of fViends to ]>revent
undesirable intermarriages. While such action might ailect individual caseH it could n(»t greatly
influence the general result. For there is no subject on which a man will so little brook interfer-
ence as one of this kind where his afl'ections are involved.
A due contideratwn of all the objections render* it doubtful whether legialutive Intcrfrrenve with the
marriafje of the de<\f would be adri»iible.
(2.) Prerentive meaturei. — The most promising method of lessening the evil ai)|>earH to lie in
the iwloption of preventive measures. In our search for such measures we shouUl be guided by the
following principle: (1.) Determine the vautee that promote intemmrriageit among the deaf and dumb;
and (2) renwrc them.
The immediate cause is undoubtedly the preference that adult deaf-mutes exhibit for the com-
panionship of deaf-mutes rather than that of hearing persons. Among the causes that (contribute
to bring about this preference we may note: (1) segregation for the purposes of education, and
(2) the use, as a means of communication, of a language which is ditferciit from tliat of tliu people.
These, then, are two of the {wints that should be avoided in the adoption of preventive measures.
Nearly all the other causes I have investigated are ultimately referable to these.
Segregation really lies at the root of the whole matter; for from this the other causes have
themselves been evolved by the operation of the natural law of adaptation to the environment.
We commence our efibrts on behalf of the deaf-mute by changing his soiiial environment.
The tendency is then towards accommodation to the new conditions. In proccKs of time the
atlaptntioii becomes complete; and when, at last, we restore liiiii to tlie world as an adult, he finds
that the social conditions to which he has become accustomed *lo not exist outside of his school life.
His eflbrts are then directed to the restoration of these conditions, witli the result of internuirriage
and a tendency to the formation of a deaf-mute community.
The grand central principle that should guide us, then, in our search for preventive measures
should be the retention of the normal environment during the period of education. The natural tend-
ency towards adaptation would then co-operate with instruction to produce accommodation to
the permanent conditions of life.
The direction of change should therefore be towards the establishment of small schools, and
the extension of the day-achool plan. The practicability of any great development of day schools
will depend upon the possibility of conducting very small schools of this kind economically to the
State: for the scattered condition of the deaf and dumb in the community precludes the idea of
large day schools, excepting in the great centers of population. The principle referred to above
indicates that such schools should be of the minimum size possible ; for the school that would most
perfectly fulfil the condition required would contain only one deaf child. It also points to the
advisability of coeducation with hearing children — but this is not practicable to any great extent.
No instruction can be given through the ear, and complete coe<luoation would oidy therefore be
possible by a change in the method^f teaching hearing children. It is useless to expect that such
a change would be made for the benefit of the deaf and dumb on account of their limited number.
Partial coeducatioD is, however, possible, for some studies are pursued in the common schools
in which information is gained through the eye. For instance, deaf-mutes could profitably enter
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th« same olAsmm with liuiiriiit( ohildrun for practice in writiiiKi drawing, ninp-dmwint;, Hritlimntio
on tliM black-buani, Huwing, &«. For other Hubjeotfl Rpecial methmlH of inHtrnotion would be neo-
eHHary, and tlioHO demand the employment of Hpecial teachetH. They do not, however, neoe«Uiitat«
Hpvuial m^lioolK or biiildiiiKH, and a Hniall room in a public school bnihiing would acconinuMlatu as
many deaf children an one tea«;her couhl Huccessfully instrtuit. ConsidorationH of «H!uiiomy render
lulviHable the api>ropriation of a room of this kind, as the appliances of a large scluMtl might thus
be obtained without special outlay.
Tlic average ;>/'>' capita cost of the education of a deaf child in an American institution if, (223.28
per annum.* Very sunill day schools c/ould be maintained at no greater cost. The iM>Ht, at an
iiiNtitution, however, inctludes l)oard and industrial training. On the day-schuol plan the parents
woultl generally aNsuine the expense of nnvintenance, and some special provision would have to be
made for industrial training. This need give no concern, for so many deaf-mutes are earning tbeir
livelihood by trades which they were not taught in the institutions as to demonstrate the practi-
cability of apprenticing deaf-mutes in ordinary shops.
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The indications are that in all places wbere three or four deaf cliildren could bo brought to- Lfi- ^[.^
gether near their homes the cost would be no more to form them into a class in the nearest public ^
school building under a special teacher than to send them to an institution. On the basis of the
avurage per eapitn cost at an institution the sum of $069.84 would bo received for three, and
ji8{)3.12 for four pupils; and sucli sums would probably be sufUcieiit to pay the salary of a special
teacher, as well ns to cover incidental expenses.
If this is so the day school system could be made to penetrate into the smaller centers of popu-
lation as well as into the large cities, in which case it would exert a considerable iutluence as a
remedial ngent. The plan of forming small classes of deaf children in public school buildings
recommends itself as afibrding the closest appro\ iinatiou possible, on the largo scale, to the normal
conditions of life.
Segregation during education has not only fa\ ored the tendency tor^ards the formation of a
race of deaf-mutes, but has led to the evolution of a special language adapted for the use of such a
race — "the sign-language of the deaf and dumb." This is especially true in America where the
sign-language is employed by a large majority of the teachers in instructing their pupils. In for-
eign countries the vast majority employ, for this purpose, the ordinary language of the people.
This will fully appear by reference to Table V in the Appendix.
The lack of articulate speech should also be noted as an indirect cause of segregation in adult
life, operating to separate deaf-mutes from hearing persons. Hence, instruction in articulation and
speech-reading should be given to every pupil.
This is done in Germany. Indeed, in 1882, more than 65 i)er cent of all the deaf and dumb in
foreign schools wore being taught to speak and understand the speech of others, whereas in
America less than 9 per cent, were to be found in oral schools.!
According to more recent statistics compiled by the Olarko Institution j: we find that in May,
1883, about 14 per cent, of the deaf and dumb in American institutions were using speech in the
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t See American AnnalH of the Deaf and Dnmb, vol. xxviii, pp. 47-01 ; also, Table V, in the Appendix — from
which it will ap|)oar that of 7,155 Ainericau deaf-mutes, only 584, or less than 9 per cent., were to bo found in oral
schools ; whereas of 19,318 deaf-mutes in foreign schools, 13,662, or more than 65 per cent., were taught to spe^k in
purely oral schools.
t See Appendix to Sixteenth Annual Report of the Clarke Institution. See, also, Table Y in the Appendix.
Complete returns were not obtained, but the cases noted number 0,232, thus comprehending the vast majority of the
pupils under instruction in May, 1883. Of these 886, or 14 per cent., were under oral instruction; 1,105, or 18 per
cent., received occasional instruction in speech in sign institutions; and 4,241 received no instruction in articulation
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Hchool-rooin as tlie language of communication with their teachers; 18 per cent, were taught to
speak as an accomplishment, and 68 per cent, received no instruction whatever in articulation.
Nearly one-third of the teachers of the deaf and dumb in America are themselves deaf,* and
this must be considered as anotherelei^ueut favorable to the formation of a deaf race — to be
therefore avoided.
The segregation of deaf-n)utes, the use of the sign language, and the employment of deaf
teachers produce an environment that is unfavorable to the cultivation of articulation and speech-
reading, and that sometimes causes the disuse of speech by speaking pupils who are only deaf.
Hkviug shown the tendency to the formation of a deaf variety of the human race in America,
and somo of the means that should be taken to counteract it, I commeml the whole subject to the
attention of scientific men.
* See American Anuals of the Deaf and Diiiiil) (January, IHS'.i), vol. xxviii, pp. 56-57. Out of 481 teachers 1.54,
or 32 per cent., were deaf.
A^PFEN^DIIJC.
1. Tables A to M give an analysis of 3,726 cases of deaf nintes from the American As.vlnm
and Illinois Iiistitntion. For this analysis 1 am indebted to Mr. Franck Z. Magnire, of Wash-
ington, D. C; and I have personally verified his resnlts. The relation of the tables to one another
will be understood from the following classification :
Classification of Tables A to K.
'whoHB .lonfness wasstntert to bo covqenilalS ^^T\f%\' Lave deaf-mute relatives (see
(sec Table H). ' J „ f'^"
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Total numborof pnpilB of the
Aniorican Asylum uud Illi-<
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A).
jis sporadic cases (see Table 1'").
Whose deaf>.es3 was state.l to be non-congen-S ''■'•■;:;;i';,';:',V)" '""'" ''""'"■"' "^"^ r..latives (soo
ital (see Table C). '^ KiToi'd'cd as sporadic cases (see Table H).
The cause of whose deafness was ml ntatcdS '^';;;":'''"'K*" '''■"'" 'l*''''-"'"^" r''l"tivcs(Kee
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^ ' . ( uccordod as sporadic cases (see 1 able . I).
Table A gives the summation of Tables B, C, and I).
Table B gives the summation of Tables E and F.
Table C gives the summation of Tables G and H.
Table D gives the summation of Tables I and J.
In Table K the non-congenitally deaf pupils are classified according to period of birth and
according to period when deafness occurred.
In Table L the non-congenitally deaf pupils of the American Asylum are classified according
to the period when hearing was lost, and according to the diseases that caused deafness.
In Table M the non cougenitally deaf pupils of the Illinois Institution are classified according
to the period when hearing was lost, and according to the diseases that caused deafness.
2. Tables N, O, P, Q relate to the Tenth Census of the United States (1880), and give the
results of an analysis of 22,472 cases of deaf-mutes from the census returns. (See commnnication
by the Eev. Fred. D. Wines upon the 1880 census of the deaf and dumb; proceedings of the 10th
convention of American instructors of the deaf and dumb, Jacksonville, 111.. August, 1882, pp.
122-12", published with the 21st biennial report of the Illinois Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.)
Table N gives an analysis of 22,472 cases of deaf-mutes living June 1, 1880, showing the
number who became deaf each year since the year 1770.
Table O shows the number of these deaf-mutes who became deaf each year since 1873, sepa-
rating the congenital from the non-congenital cases.
Table P classifies the 22,472 cases by periods of five years and reduces the number who became
deaf in each quinquennial period to a percentage of the whole on a basis of 10,000 cases in all.
Table Q classifies the 22,472 cases by periods of five years and separates the congenital from
the uon-congenitiil cases.
3. Table R shows the number of deaf-mutes in the United States living June 1, 1880, arranged
according to race and sex and according to cause of deafness. The materials for this table have
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been furnished in advance of the publication of the census returns by the courtesy of General
Seaton, General Superintendent of the Census. (See "Science," vol. iii, p. 244; and "American
Annals of the Deaf and Dumb," vol. xxix p, 160.)
4. Table S shows («) the number of schools and institutions for the education of the deaf and
dumb in the United States, 1883; (6) the date of opening of each institution; (c) the number of
deaf children under instruction, 1883; and (<?), the total number of pupils that have been received
into the institutions. These particulars have been obtained from the "American Annals of the
Deaf and Dumb," vol. xxix, pp. 90-94. The table also shows (e) the nmuber of deaf children
whose parents were deaf mutes who have been received into the institutions. These particulars
have been received directly from the principals or superintendents of the institutions and schools in
answer to a circular-letter of inquiry. The total number of such pupils cannot be ascertained from
the table as some of the institutions have not yet made returns.
5. Table T gives an analysis of 215 cases of deaf-mutes whose parents were deaf.
6. In Table U the total population of the country, the congenitally deaf population, and the
deaf mutes who have both parents deaf, are classified according to their period of birth, and the
number of persons born in each period has been reduced to a percentage of the whole.
7. Table V contains a tabular statement of the institutions of the world iii 1882, showing the
methods of instruction employed. This Table is taken from the "American Annals of the Deaf
and Dumb," for January, 1883, vol. xxviii, p. 61. ,
8. Table W jjives a list of those pupils of our institutions for the deaf and dumb who are stated
to have deaf parents. The information has been obtained directly from the principals and super-
intendents (if 1 lie institutions in answer to a letter of inquiry.
9. Table X shows the j'c capita cost of the education of a deaf child in an American institu-
tion. This table was prepared by the principal of the Illinois Institution from materials jjublished
in the American Annals of the Deaf and Dun)b, and from other materials privately collected and
published in the Twenty-first Biennial Report of the Illinois Institution (1882), pj). lfi-17.
10. Table Y contains a tabular statement concerning the teaching of articulation in the insti-
tutions of the United Stati'S in May, 1883. The information was obtained by the principal of the
Clarke Institution, Nortliampton, Mass., directly from the principals of the other institutions iu
reply to a circular of inquiry. See Appendix B, Siyteenth Annual Report of the Clarke Institu-
tion for Deaf Mutes, September 1, 1883.
11. Appendix Z contains an examination of the marriages of the i)upils of the American Asy-
lum and Illinois Institution by the light of the theory of Probabilities, with the object of determin-
ing approximately the i)roportion of the congenitally deaf who marry congenital deaf-mutes. This
investigation has been kindly undei taken by Prof. Simon Newcomb, to whom I am indebted for
the results obtained.
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Table K, — Non-congenital pupils. «
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Period.
Aiiioricuti
ClaHHilied accord-
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birth.
Afiyliiiii.
CluHHilicd accord-
ing to period
wliuii liciu'iiig >
wuh lost.
Illinois Inatltutlun.
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of birth."
ClunHifled accord-
inn '" period
when hearing
ns loBt.
1760-1769
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1770-1779
1780-1/89
1790-1799
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70
147
124
140
182
224
133
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151
112
138
167
196
168
17
38
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18'0-1819
1820-1829
2
11
58
164
817
304
129
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91
110
133
384
190
1830-1839
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1850-1859
1800-1869
1870-1879
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2 327
Total
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1,040
947
947
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hearing teas lost and according to the disease that caused deafness.
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Convulsions'
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Diseases of lungs and air passages"..
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Diseases not sprcilied .
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10
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6
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17
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13
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38
29 i
19
17 I
17 ;
124
30
49 j
53
186
17 1,002
.... 38
Total 1,040
•Inclmlescaiikei-rash (I!) cnsos). Tncludea intliiimiintioii of brain, iiillaiiniiiilion of head. 'TiicluilBSHpotted fuvei- (51 cast's), ineiiliigitis
leases). «Inelu(Iostlroiis.v in liwul, clioiisy iu lirain, wator uii lirain. "IiicliiiliM Him, panilvUr lit (1 case), paialyHi.f and couviilslons (1 easel.
^ Ini'lndes disease in liead, liunior in lieud, aliseess in liead, eruption in lieiid. KiitlieriiiK in IicmiI, ..lerofiila in liead. sores in liend, nieers in liead,
iileera in cars, sores in cars, diseliari;e from ears, jiatlierin;; in ears. ' IinMides Inns fever (11 lases), eold (IS eases), iiillueu/.a (1 ease). "In.
eludes small-pox, ehicl<en-pox, diptluTia, eroup, bilious fiver, catarrlial lover, erysipelas, palsy , salt rlieuui, nuinips, spasmodie eougli, mar-
asmus, rickets, teetliins, eliolera infantum, inllamnnitiiui of bowels. » Ineludes full (:i!t eases), diselmrste of eannon, pistolsliot. seald (2 eases),
fright (2 eases), Idow on In'nd, run over by eart, sealialliina.
72
MIOMOIKS OK TIIK NATIONAL AUADKMY OK 8(3lKNOE8.
'fe'»
V
Table M. — Non-congenital pupilH of the lIUnoiH ItmtUution, claHHified according to the period when
hearing wax lout and acvoriling to the dineaHc that cauxcd (Uafnem,
CiiiiMo (if (li'afiieHA.
Spotted fdvor •
MeninnitiH"
Scarlet fever
Bruin fever
Intlaniiimtion of brain
CongeHtidii of brain
DiseaHO of our '
DiHoascHuf hin^sand nir iiaHaageH'^ .
Accident "
MeaHles
Typhoid fever
Wlioo])inj;-congli
ConvniNionH ■*
Qninino
Hydrooepluil iiH
Dipbtlioria
MiHctdlanooHM diHeases'''
DiseasoB not Hjiecilied
3
1 !
0 '
18
6
6
1
7
7
(>
4
3
4
5
1
24
k i
22
I)
2
U
6
9
6
8
2
8
(i
4
1
14
:io
27
li
28
:ii
4
:i
ir.
f.
11
8
14
:i
6
3
2
4
17
i
i
12
7
2!)
143
<)
27
17
10
2
18
5
:»
38
12
17
r.
7
8
11
6
6
1
8
i
' 3
■....•
3
1 4
0 111
H IH
^
48
179
110
73
35
11
63
50
40
37
37
30
17
14
10
10
81
122
Total
5 I 21 lU! i:i:!
2^4
120 :i2r
947
"Kpideinic cerebrospinal meningitis.
' Includoa gatlioriuf); in lienil (3 cases), scrofnln (10 cnso»), Kntlici'iiig in oars, Hon> tKWH, eiiraclic. i'iT«in;; in iH^ail. risings, swolling in liead,
grmlual loss, iutiamnintion of UetHl, sickness in iiesd.
"Inciudes coid (31 cases), IiiD}; fevor. pueunionia. broiicliial atlertiitn, inllnen/n, ratin-i-li (T) cases).
^Includes siioclt af ligii tiling, sniislroke, exposare tti lieat, fiOl intii water, sea sicliiu'ss, liiii-n. scald, spr.'iinin necTt, tnr rap for scald*1ieftd,
wasliiug in coid spring, friglit {'2 cases), fail (22 cases), drinking lye (1 case).
* Inciiides spasms and tits.
•Inciiides iniiinps (7 cases), bilious lover (0 cases), nervous fever ((1 cases), congestive cliiii (7 eases), winter fever (8 cases), remittent
ever (3 cases), teething. Jaundice, pernicious fever, worms and fever, ague, paralysis, vaccination, small-pox, ehieken-pox, eliolera, croup,
cramps, chills, cold plague, worm fever. t\]ihns fever, <-liidera iiifantuiii, inllaiiiniiition of bowels, disease of kidney, cancer, rickets, erysip-
elas, siiinul disease (11 cases).
TIIK FORMATION OF A DIOAF VAUIKTY OF TIIK HUMAN KACK. 73
Taiilk N. — Analjfuiti o/L'li,472 mxex of tlmf- mutes from the renstm retnrnn, Hhittpinji thenumber of
these ikaf-mutvH living .lune 1, ISHO, who became tiraf each year ninve th^ year 1770.
Year.
187!»-'80.
1H7H-'7'.I.
1W77-'7H.
lH7(i-'77.
l-7ri-'7(i.
li"74-'7r).
IH7;»-'74.
Irt7'^-'7H.
lH71-'7-^.
1H7()-'71
Year.
No.
1(11
Wl
•M)
114
An
7r.o
1(>H
(1(17
7(!!l
18fi0-'70
lH(|r<-'(ii)
lM(i7-'(|H
lH(;tl-'ti7
lH(ir.-'(i(i
18(14-'(!5
lH((;i-'t)4
iwia-'iiM
IHtil-'C'i
iHiumi
7r)t
(iti'i
7'-' I
710
7!»»
7'.I7
77ti
lil»-J
M-i
47(1
YtMir.
No.
Ytiur.
No.
irtr.o-'t;fl
mi
iM4i>-'.in
45.1
l*'>H-',-,i»
■VMS
lH.lH-'4i»
aiii
iHr,7-''>M
IHI
H47-'lrt
UM
iHr.<! '-.7
40'J
lH4ti-'47
avi
iHr),-.-.':.!!
4-^a
li4.'-|-'4ti
w:«»
iH,'-,4-'r)->
:i4!»
If-M-M,-,
:ioH
iMr):t-':.i
M-i
lH4:i-'44
!i:i7
lrt.vj-'-.;t
:i(i:i
|H4'i-'4:i
aw>
lHr.i-',->a
:Mi»
lH41-'4-^
•2ir.
iHr)U-'r)i
«(«)
l«4(i-'41
i.'.:t
Teiijoin-8 :>,:m ' 7,0lri :»,i»l4 1.
1h:«»-mo..
H:tH- ':)!»..
lH;n-':w..
is«;-';i7..
lH:tr>-':i(!..
18;M-';t.'...
1h:):i-':)4..
lH:t-i-';i:i..
IKU-'IW..
18M0-':U..
:!18
i;t!»
i:i-i
i-^'^i
IH-I
141
1.'.7
Kir.
Ten yoiirH l,.^!^a
179Jt- 18(H).
171>H-'i>i».
17il7-".tH.
171)(^"J7.
17U.5-'!)().
17'.)4-"J.'.
17'.):{-".I4 .
17D2-".i:t.
1791-'!h>.
1790 -'91 .
Ten yearH .
10
11
(!
4
4
8
1
:i
I
lf<'Jli-';io
l^a8-'•io
lH'^7-'-^8
18'.i(;-"27
I8'.4r>-'a(i
18-2 1 -Vfi
\n-i:\-'-iA
X'-i-i-'-iA
1H'.!0-'^1
17rtt-'90
ITH.-i-'Hi)
1787-'88
17H(;-V7
17H,-)-'H(l
1784-Vr>
178:i-V4
178'j-',H;i
17.-<1-'H-J
17NI-'81
■Jim
9;i
111
U.'i
9.5
120
HM
H9
1(10
(17
1 , 0.-|8
IHlil-'-^O
1"'18-.'19
1«17-'I8
lrtl(i-'17
I81.'',-'l(l
ISl l-'15
iMi;i-'i4
18 1 -.'-'l;!
IHU-'l'J
HlO-'ll
177it-'8(l
177>'-7!)
1777-78
177(l-'77
177.'.-'7(i
1774-7;'.
177:!-'74
177'J-'7:t
1771-7-J
1770-71
147
ri4
7:t
77
7:t
8:1
49
4;-.
."i.'i
4:1
1809-'10
l'-08-'09
1H07-'08
l-(lt>-'07
IHOfi-'IK)
lH()4-'or)
lH():i-'(}4
l-ii-j-'o;!
l»OI-'0-i
18()0-'01
ii,509
81
:Mi
4(1
15
y7
:i7
2;i
u
u
7
(i<)i)
294
1
1
Table O. — Analysis o/" 22,472 cases of deaf mutes from the census returns.
[This table sliowH tliiit tlii' (locline in llic iiuiMlicr oC tlicsc (It'iit'-iiiiid'N icfmiu'd who liiMiimt! deaf
siuco lh7H iidVcts till' ci)iij;ciiital, us well us (li»^ noii-eoii'fciiitiilly ileal'.]
Yt-ar in wliich deafness ocenrred. 187:i. \ 1874. ! 187.''). I87(i. 1877. 1878. ' 1879.
Total nTimber
Con^tAiitall.v deaf
Nou-congenitally deal'.
1,168
:t48
820
7.'')0
271
479
472
20:1
209
414
202
212
300 207
l:io lor.
170 102
I •
IHl
4(i
U5
99 A— HELL-
-10
74
MKMOIUS OF THK NATIONAL A(5AI)KMY OF SOIRNdKa.
Taiilk I*. — AnalyHiM of '2'2^il2 caneH of deufmulcH Utkcii from trnitUH rrtmns, rltistiijiid hi/ pniudii of
Jirr i/carM.
[Tito iiiiiiilii-i' wild liiM'iiiiii* (U^iif ill I'lu'.li i|iiiiii|iii'iiiiiiil pciiixl U rt'diu'xd to a |H'i('i<iit.a>;i' of tlii< wlinUt on it liaHiH of
10,110(1 ('iiNi'H III all.]
I'cridil.
17H1-I78.'i
l7H(>-17iK)
I7i»l-17!».'i
170(1-18(10
Irt01-1H(I5
IWKi-lMK)
1H1|-Irtl5
181(1-1820
iKv'I-lHA'-)
1820-1830
Nliliilii'r. I'd- ccnl.
17
54
80
205
275
424
404
504
. ((()(l-J
.0(1(12
. (KKIH
.(1(12-1
.(101(1
. (Mini
.(1122
. (IIH'.I
.(120(1
. 0200
I'Drlod.
Niinilior.
Per cent.
. oaio
.o;«80
.0400
.0017
. 07:11
.1011
. 1603
. 1020
.1881
.0481
18:tl lKt5
717
875
1122
i:w7
i()4:i
2271
:i:»77
:t(i4i
4220
lUtS
|H:t(i- 184(1
IH4I-1HI5
184(1-18.->(I
IH.'jl-H.V)
|.<i(l-|H(;o
1^01 -iH(ir>
i'^(;(i-!H7() .-
i87i-iM7r)
j 1870-1880
Table Q. — Annli/nis of'2'2,\'2 citxts from thr (rn.siis returns, chinsljicd hy perioth of Jice yearn, and
separatiiuj the eoiujenital from the non congenital canen.
I'erioil.
1781-1785.
1780-170O.
1701-17!t5.
170(1-1800.
1801-1805.
Ih0(l-1810 .
1811-lHl.'-,.
Hl(!-182().
1821-1825.
182(i-18;i().
18:tl-18:i5.
18:1(1-1840
1841-1845.
184(5-1850.
Hr.1-1855.
18,'.(>-18(10.
IHOl-lrti,'-, .
18(H!-1870.
1871-1875
1870-1880.
Total.
Coiijjouital.
Noii-{M)ii-
gmiitul.
Total.
4
0
4
5
0
5
15
*>
17
48
0
54
70
10
80
102
4:!
205
10:l
fl
275
270
145
424
328
i:i(i
404
423
171
.594
477
240
717
001
274
875
710
40;i
1, 122
805
402
i,:iH7
ilO-i
(145
1,(14;?
1, 1(12
8(li(
2,271
i,(i;Ht
1
7118
:i,:i77
1,7,50
1
HH2
;i,(i4l
L.W)
2
(141
4, 22(1
48;!
500
1,082
12, 154
10
■MS
22, 472
Taule li. — 'total number of deof-mulcs in the United Staten lirinij June 1, l.SSO, eldsnified aecording
to ruee and /ic.v.
CuimuM of (luufiiojiifi.
Conjjciiitiil. ...
injury to (Nir. .
iJiNoaso of ear.
Otlitjr (liHca.sus.
MIhvcIIiiiii'oiis .
Not Ntatod
Colored.
Foroi^jii ^vllit(^ Native white.
Total.
Males. Fcnialt'8. MaU'H. Keiiiales. Males. Feinnles. I Males. K ales.
I
0,488 I 5, .5.51
40 21
221 181
4,(m(1 :i.7(i7
704 52
0, 3-0 5, 203
18,507 t 15,;U1
TIIK KOKMATION OF A DHAK VAItlKTY OK Till; HUMAN KAOK.
75
Tahi.k. S — fnnlituliom/or the dm/ nnd (limh in the Vnited Statin, IMSM.
A.— I'UHI.IC iN'HTn'O'l'KINH.
1
t
a
4
6
(I
7
t*
9
10
11
12
: lit
14
' 15
I l"
w
20
21
22
23
31
85
86
27
2H
2!)
30
31
32
33
34
3,-1
3()
37
31
31)
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
50
Niiiiiii.
Aiiifi'ii'iiii AhvIiiiii
Ni'w Ydik IiiNtilutiiiii
I'l'iiiisyl VII Ilia limit III ion. .
Ki'iitiick.v Iiistitiiliiiii
Oliiii Iiislitiilicpii
\'ii')iiiiia Iiiisllliitiiiii
Iiiiliaiia IiiNtiliitioii
'rciiiu'Hscn Si'IkmiI
Niirtli (!aniliiia IiiNtitiitloii..
I llliiiiiis IiiNtiliition
O»'oi>;iii liiHtitiitioli
I 811111I1 CiiKiliiia Institution
MiHMiiiii'i Ins itntiiiii
I.oiiisiaiia Institution
I \Visi'<nislii Instilnlioii
I Alii'lil^an Instiliition
Iowa liislitntion ,
I Mississippi Insliti'tion ,
Texas Asylinn
C'oliiiiiliia I II St it II til III
Aiabania Inslitntiini
Ciilifoinia Institution
Kansas Iiisiitntimi
Ln C!i)nt<'nlx S . Mar.v's Iii-
Htitntiiin.
Minnesota ScIkiiiI
Iiistitiilion for Iniprovcil In-
sti'iiciion.
Clarlvc Institution
Arkansas Institiitr
Maryland Siliiiol
N' Iniiska Inslilniii
Horace Mann Silinol
St. Jostpli's Inst it nil'
AVi'st Viijiinia Institution ..
Oregon Sc Imol
Institution lor ( olorril
Coloiado In-tiliKo
Erie DayStliool
Cliieano Day-Sdiool
Central New York liislitn-
tion.
{'incinnati Day-Selioul
Westi'rn Pennsylvania In-
stitution.
Wi'steni New York Institu-
tion.
I'ortland Dav-Seliool
Kliode Island Scdioid
Saint I,(Hiis Day-Sidioo!
New Enj;laiid Iiidiis'rial
School.
Dakota Seliuol
Oral Hraneli Pennsylvaiiiu
Institution.
Scranton Oral School
New Jersoy Institution
Location.
Ihirtrord.Cunii
i \Vasliin;rt( n H'ts,
New Y'l- k, N. Y.
riiiladelpliia, I' i . ..
I'anvi'li, Ky
('olnnili'is, Oliio
Stairitiin, Va
Indiaiiap dis, Ind. ..
Kniisville.Tenii
Nalc,ri|,\.c
1 Jacksniiville, III
''live Spring, (ia
'ar -priii^, S. C.
i. ".-V"
' B' '"MKP, I-ii- ..
I Del "Vi^
I Flint
Niinilier of pupils
1 11 II I , .' ......
(,'oiinc',l bliitiK, luwa
Jackson. Miss ...
.\iistin, Tex
WasliiiiKton, D. CJ
Talladc^ra. Ala '
Herkclcv, Cal
Olatlie, Kansas.
I!iillal..,N.Y
I
Fiiriliiiult, Minn j
New York, N. Y '
Nortliiinipton, Mass.
I-itlle Hii(k, Ark ...
I'lederiik City, Md.
Oiiialia, Ntdir
Huston, Mass
Kdidliain.N. Y
Honiney, \V. \'a
.•^aleMi, On ;;oii
lialtiiiiiire, .\ld
Coliirado .Sp's, Colo.
Ki ie, I'a
Chicajio, III
Uonie,N.Y
CiiKdnnati, Ohio ...
Turtle deck, I'a ...
Koc. ester, N. Y....
1863
lf67
I'lirtland.Me....
I'ruvidcnec, H. I.
.•^aint 1/ mis, Mo .
ISeverly, Mass...
Sioux Fall.s, D.T...
riiiladclphia, Pii...
Scranton, I'a
Trenton. N.J
Piihlic InstitutiouH .
1876
1m77
1S78
itifiO
lt»80
1881
1883
1883
3D
I
M
a
•c
s
A
210
4iiH
1820
3C.2
1-23
167
1 2!»
nor,
1839
81)
1844
•f2s
lci45
147
H4I
111
1816
,110
1816
93
18.(9
.'■18
I8!.l
2.-)0
)-52
43
1 .12
237
1854
271
18.5.-.
21HI
18,->()
78
18.-)7
97
l8.-)7
100
1860
.')1
1860
12(i
4 ()1
190
1862
167
1867
94
18(i8
^0
l-(>8
108
I'^tiO
115
1869
91
lw69
279
H70
71
1-70
33
1872
15
1.-74
49
1874
12
1875
58
1875
180
1875
3.'')
1876
120
47
187
1876 162
35
33
49
19
2.3
73
14
82
A
9
126
310
206
98
274
44
175
90
,-•.6
325
53
26
152
25
134
14.'>
170
35
65
83
30
80
102
94
»2
108
49
47
60
74
41
125
41
16
8
19
9
30
111
21
79
81
17
10
32
11
14
45
7
47
.6,991 3,898
fa
"4
178
1.56
ti9
231
36
153
.57
48
250
40
32
98
18
103
126
120
43
32
17
21
46
88
73
65
79
45
33
48
41
50
1.54
30
17
7
30
3
28
69
14
41
81
18
17
17
8
9
28
35
i
Admit ted Hlucctlio
s.
* ^
ope
liii); 0
f tllM
tal nuiulier of pupils
have received instnictini
iiisl
a
> ,
ii iition.
1
•
1
Ii
0 ~
h
a-d
> S
-31
««
?
11
Is
2 1-
jC
5
9
s
0 0
6
2,32.1
83
35
H
174
58
»(i9
2, 1(93
31
22
5:1
■iiw
2, 079
2
19
81
136
8:io
2,008
107
2
11
1:1
74
.546
1,495
312
118
104
.501
1,700
5
9 14
85
48
325
185
'""6
t>
"'ii'
199
835
3
0
3
'.iH
208
266
2I>0
76
86
88
51
121
157
154
129
161
91
.52
99
93
80
237
60
20
13
43
10
48
I. -.3
28
102
143
35
25
42
19
21
66
12 I
81 !
665
948
(!.57
203
4h9
185
262
369
350
330
311
220
95
78
81
12
:i3
99
72
39
70
125
243
82
184
219 1 3
.37
45
73
30
28
73
14
82
1
8
(1
0
1
0
0
1
4
1
0
0
2
1
278
0
"""5
,5
181 .
212
0
1
1
:i:t3 .
199
0
0
2
72
0
0
0
39 .
. . . .
3,093 5,993
83, 119
83 I 138 815
76
MEMOIRS OF TEE NATIONAL A(UDKMY OF SCIENCES.
T4ULE 8. — ImtitutionH for the deaf and dumb in the United States, 1883 — Contimicd.
H.— UKNOMINATIONAI, and I'niVATK IN8T1TUTION8.
51
52
5S
54
5'
50
57
58
Nuiuc.
Location.
Ni
P'llx'l'
of |m]>
iH.
«.-
«
M
^H
vN
•^
ft>
.5
g
a 1
a
>>
e
I
T
e
O
•s
«
■K
«
'u
'J
2
n
s
71
~
2
«
Q
0?i
b
^ i
Whipple's Home Suliool .... Mystic Wlvci.Conii.' IHfii)
Gcriiiaii Kvjiiii;('lical Lii- , NorriM, Midi ' 1875
thcriin liislitiitioii. | i
St. .)<!lin's(;atlioli(; Iniititiito ' Saint Fruiicis, Wis . 187(5
F. Kiiapii's IiiKtitiitd Miiltiri '-<', Mil 1877
j'lionolo-iical S'liool ..... Mil\vaiil<.'e, Wis lH7rt
St.,Jos<>|)li's Iiislitntc ll:iniii!)al, Jlo lH8'.i
A. Gial.aiii IScll's Siliool Wasiiinjjton, 1>. (.".. ISH'A
Voico and Hearing l^iliool..! CliicaKo, 111 lrt-i:t
41
48
'M
8
H
14
•J8
5
/
1
7
2
)6
18
II
:i
II
1
1
8 i Dciioininationnlandiirivato '
I institutions. I
I I
58 I Institutions in tlic U. S. ..
I National Colle;;e*
Wiishiugton, D, U ..; 18ti4
178 11 fi
(;:{
7,l(i'.) 4,(ti:i
;i, mti
1 45 45
!
^
10
44
43
30
H
17
11)2
a
o .
^ a
if .2
St
o
I Admitted since the
openiiij; of th«f
iiistituliuu.
a I J^'z S
a »
at
^
51
100
127
50
50
18 !
2 i
8 I
ta
u
e
g
a
s. •
> .
>«^
tcS
e8 *■
c8 :5
a
= ■0
rzi "
7^ X
c8 t2
^ 5
52
•3 g
V rt
>« rt
•^ A
|i
II
15
g*
^
1
406
8;i
34
252
r<2 i 1215
* The Xatioiial DciilMiili' Colli'iii' is :v ili«tiiiit or^ii.iiz'itiou within tip '.'oliimh'i lu
the Htatt'iiu'Lf if th' Cohiniliiii IriHTiliitiuii given alio\t'.
tKliiiii'iatiiU' aticH ^vlu'It^ t*-i:nv ittipiliH iciiiiueil tVoin nioio tlian oiio institiiticiu; h',i
total, -m.
'itutioii. Its <>flicer.s and atiideiits am inclnileil in
liavi' (Hie jiarmit deafj 1J4 Iiavu both parouta deaf;
Table T. — Dea/miite offupriiu; of (Icof- mute parents.*
[Ai.iil,v.si.s of 21.') 1 iiiscs ieccivi'<' into Ami.rica:'. ii'stitiitions for the Deaf and Uirnli before Novenihi r, 18a3.]
Pern a of Uiitli.
1771-1780
178l-17iiO..
1701-1800
1801-1810
1811-1820
1821-18;t0
I8:ti-l84i:
Deaf-uintes Deaf-iiKites '
who have wlio li.ivc
one par- lioth par-
ent deaf. ■ rits ilciif
Totii
1
:!
t;
20
I'triiMl of iiirtli,
184i-l8.-.0
ls.-|l-l,-i()li
18iil-187(l
1871-IS80
Tol'il
Denf-inuti;s Deaf mutes
who h.ivi- who have
, one )ar- . botl. par-
' eut doaf. ! entti deaf.
18
14
20
42
41
10
82
io;t
Total.
38
(i7
iV)
215
*A nliftlit t-rnir Iiiih lici'v .tiMctivcici] ii. tlm taM" iwiiig to ilM|iIii-ii i- m-(iiii.m in K i'iihi-s. 'J'he m'tirnil reMiilt, howevm*, ^ft not utTeoted.
The I'lirrwt fl;;nri'.< lor 'harniiiteK liimng hoili |iaunis d.af (r(ailiii;;<lo>- n Ilif iiiluiini) rtlmuld hr II, L'U, .ifi, Ti, 2:i ; total. rj4.
'rn
THE FOHMATION OF A DEAF VARIETY OF THE HUMAN RACE.
77
Tablk U. — J )eaf -mute population cnmpareiJ with the population at large.
Period of bi It b.
Population of tbo Uhitcd
.Stat.M(lHr-d), clnsNilicd
U('(<irdiri}; to iicriod of
mrlli, aiul ttit> iiiiiiibci:
of persons boi ii in Piich
l»'iiod rcdnccd to a per-
itintagi! of tlii< whole.
13,154 couf^i'uit.il (Icaf-
nintcH liviiif^ .Tunc 1,
1880, classiliiMl aciMird-
ioK to period of liiith,
and the nnmherof deaf-
niMtes horn in each
period r.'dnied to '. per-
cmitagu of the wh(do,
Deaf-mutes both of whose par-
ents were deaf-ninles, elas-
silied aicordiii); to period of
birth, anil the number of
deaf-mntes born in each
period reduced to a pereent-
njiv of the whole.
Number of
pcrsoUH.
1871-1880 IS, 304, 176
1861-1870 10,72(),ii()l
1H51-18<)0 t>, 16f^,3;):i
1841-1850 (>, 3(>0, :lt;2
l«;n-1840 4,55r<,y,-)(i
1821-1830 3,111,317
1811-1820 ),830,00r.
1801-1810 776, .■)07
1701-1800 106,107
1781-1700 2(»,H63
1780 4,016
Total 50,155,783
•
Pereenlaf^i^
Con;;enital
deaf-muteH.
Poreentage.
/
Deaf-mutes both
of whoso i)ar-
ents were deaf
and (hnnb.
19
41
43
20
11
Percentage.
26. 7051
21.3866
H.27i)8
12. 6ini2
0. 0882
6. 2033
2,068
3, 308
2,460
1,614
1,078
751
472
241
63
0
17.015
27. 0.58
20. 240
13. 280
8.870
6. 170
3. 8K!
l.OKt
(>.518
0. 074
14.3
30.8
31.6
1.5. 0
8.3
3 Vy\>*iH
1.5482
0. 3012
0.0416
0. 0080
100.0000
12, 154
100. 00(1
133
100. 0
Table V. — Tahular statement of the innfitutions of the world for the ediirotion of the deaf and dumb.
Couutry.
Australia
AuHtriallniignry
Belixiuiii
Bni/.il
Canii'ta
Seuniaric
France
fieiiisMDy
Grjat tiritai!! and Irulaud
Italy
Japan
LttxeinlHmrf;
Mexico
Netl.orhuMla
New Zualaud
Korway...
Portacal
Basnia (iiicluiluiK Coiniand
and l^'inlaud)
Spain ,
Sv.odeu
."Switzerland
United States
17
lU
1
7
4
U7
00
4(i
:ir.
.■1 '
1
7
1
10
7 I
17 I
11 ;
Total 307
NUMll
Kli OK 1'
a'nji.
Manu
HKTIlOnf
OF LNbTllDCTlOS.
d. Not
1
rcpurtcd.
.1.
Oral.
Doinbiue
Tiitnl.
Male.
l''e.iialo.
2
11
j
.1
'5.
1
1
B
T.
a
—
a
0
3
B
pupils,
teachers.
0
=
s
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
e 0
c
3
s
i
6
i
i
i
>5
6
i
6 1 <i
147
S2
O.'i
4.54
11!
64!
1
14
2
2
133
9
1,147
17
1,147
64
H04
482
32
382
5
330
5
625
32
;i
32
3
803
307
400
84
1
1
150
27
.1
(i.-.3
!J7
,T.>8
ISO
ITIi
41
1
4
142
254
15
2
28
150
1,!p62
23
18
34
395
3
3, 4IS'J
17
871
C} t)08
1,042
1,413
90».
1, 237
58(1
244
8
558
54
00
20
5,008
406
580
50
t
2, (KiO
13
1,356
too 7
243 2S
1, 401
815
e70
237
34
1,405
227
1
80
10 L.
05
37
I.l
2:1
2.')(>
111
28
14
7
20!l
11
]2^
7
3
7
40
2
M
2
05
30
7
7
'JO
1
20
3
30
4U5
3
1
6
405
22
224
40
2
2.S
1 i
22
1.....:
2(t3
....
1
50
11
K
7
303
1
221
I
50
3
122
10
5
217
26
1
H
1
.OM
2
245
23
222
125
421
07
250
16
711
2
111
7
5
2L'2
324
18
;)5
WO
D
3
m
in
7
177
n
380
183
4,0fi5
108
3, 070
30
8
iM6
:;o
11
12
;,80
.184
;io
•12
'
7 LIS
35
«, 225
393
20, 473
*10, 731
'8,545
2, 020
112
1, 042
1:10
230
13, 24U
1, 182
01
10, r^s
054 37
1,010
03
> The reports from France and V' uaiila d'l nut indicate t lie dux uf tbo pupils.
wl
78
MKMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOIENOKS.
Table W. — A partial list of deaf children of deaf parents.
Namu.
Wlu!r« oiliu'iiteil.
Achosoii, Climlos Aincricuii A s\ liiiii
Acbvsoii, Uiitt't! W Now Kii;^'an<i liidUHtrinl School
AchoHoii, EujicnP A Aiueri(MUi Aftvliiiii ,
Acheson, Uoortjo W do
AolieBOU, Paalino M Horaon Mann School
Do Amoi icaii Asyliiin
Aoheson, Uobort do
Allard, Hattie M do
Alien, Asa W do
Allen, Eliza do
All™, Mahel H do
Allen, Sarah do
Arnold. Fanny New Vork InHtitiition
Arnold, Jane do
A therholt, Clohinel Ohio lUHtitiitiun
Ballin, Albert ... Now Vorli Institution
Barnard, LucretiaH Anierieau Asyliun
Barnep Rosa I Western Nw Yoik InHtitiition. .
Bayne, Mary E PennHylvania Institution
Beleke, Charles Iilinoi« Institution
Berry, Franci.s Xow En^litnd Industrial School. .
Bender, Caroline New York Ii, titntion
Bennett Mary L Ponusylv.tnia Institution
Do New Vork Institution
Bontz, Anna De II Pennsylvania Institution .
Bodine, Charles Van W New York Iiistitntiou
Brasher, Fanny C Illinois Institutiou
Brown, Susan F American Asylum
Brown, Thomas do
Brown, Thomas L. . , do
Brown, Helen II do
Brunei', Harry A. Western New York Institution
Buckltni, Simeon D New York Institutiou
Bnekleu, Martha Ann do
Burgess, W. Taylor \Ve8t Viri^lnia Institution
Burcess, Jane E do
Hurt, Harrison A New York Institution
Butler, Pluelie M do
Cairnes, \Villiani T Maryland Scho(d
CaninbiU, Lizzie Clarki' Institution
Churchill, Anna R New Yiuk lustitution
Cook, Klizabeth do
Cooper, \VilIiani E Minnesota School
Crawford Josephine h do
Culver, Annit; J Anterican Asylum
Culver, John do
Culver, Hemnn M do
Daniels, Willie E New England Industrial School
Derby, Ira II Anieriean Asylum
Diamond, Albert Le Couteaux St. Mary's InstiUiti(m.
Dlthii™, Mary E Pennsylvania Institution
Driskell, Elsie A Illinois Institution
Dnniz, Caroline New Ytirk Institution
Dnpec, Franklin L , Oral Hr.iU'h I'inn lusliluluiu
£dwaid.s. Walter I) .. Illinois Institutiou
Edwanls, Mary E do
Fe'.lon, John Wisconsin Institution
Genet, William F Now York Iiistilutrou
OeorKe, Dudley ^V Columbia lustltultoii
Oetnian, Ida New Y(uk Institution
1?
Komarks.
^
1804
10
Both parents ilrafinutes.
1881
8
Do.
1870
8
Do.
1804
11
Do.
1872
5
Do.
1878
11
Do.
1888
10
Do.
1871
8
Do.
184,5
9
Do.
1849
0
Do.
1881
8
Father a deaf-mut«.
184:i
10
Both parents deat'-niutes.
18:).-)
10
Mother a deafiuute.
183J
15
Do.
1851
13
Mother a deaf-mute.
18118
7
Father it deaf-mute.
1803
10
Both iiarents deaf-mutes.
188;i
6
Do.
1878
10
Do.
187S
9
Do.
1883
12
Do.
18.W
14
Father partially deaf. '
187.';
9
Both parents deaf-mutes.
1882
16
Do.
1809
11
Do.
1807
7
Both paK -ta ■ hard of bear-
ing."
1882
13
Do.
lao.i
14
Father a deaf-mute.
1822
18
Do.
1851
12
Both parents deaf-mutes.
1855
13
Mother a deaf-mute.
1870
10
.Mother somewhat den.f.
1812
12
Father a deaf-uiute.
1»38
12
Do.
1878
21
Both parents deaf luntes.
1880
19
Do.
1803
15
Mother partially ilea!'-.
1878
18
Katlicr deaf in one ear.
188!
10
Mui'i }Mtrents (leaf mutes.
1877
10
M.itbi'r parti.illy deaf.
18.58
12
Father "hard of hearinK. "
1851
13
Both uarents deaf-mutes.
18(1:.
11
Ihitli parents slii,htly deaf.
1879
21
Mother somewhat deaf
1878
9
Both imrents deaf iiitilt^s.
1883
11
Do.
IH8I
9
Do.
1882
7
Do.
1801
11
Do.
1807
9
Do,
18.'in
10
Do.
1K07
8
D".
18,'i5
0) 1
Father deaf in 4»ne ear.
1882
10
Moth. 1 slinbtly deal.
1864
8
Both parents deafnuilett.
1807
19 I
Do.
180!)
14
Mother a deaf mute.
18,-)ll
13
Both iia'eiiUt ditaf-niutos.
1871
10
Do.
1874
i
7
1
Do.
"" W.' "WMBW"'
THE FOllMATION OF A DEAF VAEIETY OF TUK HUMAN RACE.
79
Table W. — Aparllnl list of (kaf children of deaf parents — Coiitimied.
Xfune.
WluTe pduciiled.
Oloyni', Mary Xow Toik Institution 1808
Gooilnt'HR, Alex | WiscniiMJii In.stitutioii 1S74
Ualiii, Miiximilinn New Yoik liiBtitutiim IHOH
Hull. William Kraiiklin
Hall, Floi ilia
HeniU'ickK, Henry
Hine, Janies
ilo ISO'i
Western Xew y rk IiiRtitution 1HS;I
MinnetiDta Seliiiol 1870
American Asylum 1840
UineH, Wlliani W 1 Uhio Instil nt ion 1878
Ho.d, Kilwin. 1 Misscmrl Institution 1864
Horil, Mary E
Howell, Wallaee F
Howell, William L
HouHol, Helen Kstelle . . .
Jones, Floreneo Harriet .
Kersliner, John It
Kersliner, Kninni U
Kindred, Maria ,T
Kindred, Elizabeth ,
Kinysley, Isabella
Eotf man, Ahey
Kotlman, Saninel
KotTman. Lewis ,
Laird, James V
Laird, Elizabetli I
Laistcr, Eleanor Jane —
Lancaster, Lneaa C
Lloyd. John, ,ir
do 1866
Now York Institution 186,5
do 1808
do 187.5
do 1804
Pennsylvania lustitutiiui 1880
do 188:1
Illinois Inst 'ition 1800
do 186U
American Asylum ISM
Now York Institution 1808
do 1808
do 1808
I'ennsyhanla Institution 1802
. ...do 1807
.'ow York Institution 1849
do If77
do. 1878
/American Asylum 1844
1851
1851
Lovo,joy, Ilenjamin
Lovejoy, Hartwell do
Lovejoy, Sarah \ d
Love.jfty, Emma I do 1851
Lovejoy, Erastus { dit ^.800
Lovc.joy, Abigail j do 1800
Love.joy, Lydia A i do 1867
Lovejoy, Hatlio M j do 18711
Lovejoy, I'oacoe 1' I New 10n;:land Indiist.ial Scluud 18811
Marsh, Catharine H American Asylum i 185'J
Marsh, r,aulina N | do 18,55
Marsh, .Tonathan F
Mar.shall, delude W
Mai shall, llenjamin F
do 1860
Illinois Institution 180;i
ilo 1866
Marshall, Edith II I American Asylum 1870
Marshall, (iilbert F j ,|<- 1870
Marshall, Leslie (1 I do 1882
Mayhew, llen.janiin do 1858
Maylunv, Jareil i do 1804
Mayo, Ilawes I ilo 1805
: II.
McClave, R(d)ert.
MctMurj^. Drueilhi
Metfre^or, Hessie
MeliS i;;littn, .Vinamla
Meacham, V ' y O. ...
Meacham, ; .rcellia A
Meaeham. (ieorjio
Ohio Institnlicui 1.S65
rcnnsylvania Institution 1877
Ohio Institution 188;i
Western New Yolk institution 1870
American A»;,'lum 1806
do 1866
ilir 1868
Meacham. Allen H do 1872
Meade, rdarjiarit MiniU'sotn Suliool 18711
Metrash. Uebert L. G American Asylum 1872
Miiiison, Lizzie New York Institution 1870
Ormsl.y, Edwaril E New York Institutiou 1870
I'ark, tlames M (*olnmbiti Institulion . . 1871
Oo ' Uhln Institiifiun 1804
7
17
13
12
0
20
8
0
14
11
10
9
7
7
11
10
15
13
13
15
12
10
14
11
12
14
17
15
17
15
10
17
12
10
i|
15
10
10
11
10
9
11
0
8
12
II
10
12
12
5
6
14
9
8
11
10
S
0
i:i
19
12
Remarks.
Mother "hard of hearing."
Father a deaf-mute.
Father pattially deaf.
Itoth parents deafmutes.
Mother a deaf-nnit*'.
Father very deaf.
Until parents deafniutes.
1)0.
Father a deaf mute.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Both parents deaf niufeg.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Father a deaf-mute.
Do.
Mother a deaf mute.
Father "hard of hearing."
Do.
Do.
Both parents denf-mntes.
Do.
Father a deaf mute.
Mother deaf in one ear.
" Father deaf I'rom old age."
Father a deaf mute.
Du.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
llolli parents deaf mutes.
Do.
Do.
Do,
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Ilo.
Do.
Mother a ileal". mute.
Holli parents deaf mutes.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Mother » deaf mute. .
Do.
Do.
Both paieiiis deaf ivntea
Mother very hard of boariii};.
Both parents deaf mutes. I
.Mother iiavtiallyilei-.fdeeint). j
Mollicr ■lialil of hcaiiuK." I
Bolli naicnis deaf mutes.
Do. i
80
MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
Tabi,id W. — A partial list of deaf children of deaf parentn — Continued.
Naino.
Wlioro ciliicatcd.
Pier, John Vr
PliU'o. LnriHHii
Pinini, .Jiislmn K
Piiiiiii, Kiichfl A
Pimm, Mai'tliu
Pimm,(;imrlen AiijjiistMH
Purvis, Jiimi'S II
Purvis. A mtuxla J
Purvis, Knti' L
Purvis, Mary
Purvis, Mary A
Purvis, Tinidtliy
Purvis, James M
RiKK", Cliarli's A
Hamscv, Ann K
Kedmouil, lltMiry
Ricliftiilsim, Gicirci' E
Rislcy, I.uniau L Xcw Vcirk Instituliim
Uisloy. Clnn l«8 K i <li>
Ohio Institution
Now Yorlt lustitution
do
do
do
.. do
Coluniliia Institution
Pennsylvania luHtitutiou .
do
do
do
do
.... do
Auiericr ■» Asylum
rcnnsylvaiiiu Institution .
NfW York Institution ....
t'liirki' Institution
do .
Soutli Carolina Institution.
Roberts, John .lames . .
Rogers, .June I
Rogers. AVilliani H do
Rogers, David S ilo
Do i Cidumliift luHtitutiou
Rogers, Laura A ' Soutli Caridinn Institution .
Rogers, Clara A i do
Rogers, Nettie S., daughter of \Vm. II. Rogers.: do
Sawhill, Cidlins S ' Columbia Institution
Do Ohio Institution
Do I't'inis\lvaiiia -....ititutien , .
Ohio Institution
Columbia Iustitnt:oii
Sawhill, Isane II
Do
Sawhill, Jes.se U Ohio Institution
Sawbill.Willhiin I- ! do
Sawb'ill, Lavinia A do
Schroeder, Antli(Ui,y Minm'sota Sehool
Scovel, Harriet E .. ' Ainerieau Asylum
Scovel, Steven \ do
Scovel, tjlive , do
Sbannou. WilUaiu New York Tustitutiou
Sl'"lsy,J(dm | do
Stevenson, Charles W i Columbiii Institution
Do ! Mar> hind Sehnol
Steveusor, Georgiaua \ Colnmbi.i Institution
Stiles. Penniab Anna New York Institution
Strattnn, .Sarah C Pemi.s^lvania Institution .
Strattnn, .lames WV.ls . New Yoi li InNtitnti(>n
Straw, Mary ; Ohio Instilniion
I Stiart. Kunna M ; Illim)is Iu.stiinti(ui
I Suait.MabelC ! do
! Sutton, Ros.H I' Ohiolustit'itiou
Swett, IVisiH II AmericaD Asylnin
i Swett, Charlotte £ do
Swett, Mitehel do
I Swett, I.ney Maria Clarke Institution
S'.vect, Margaret S Anu-rienn Asylum
Tato. Margaret :di»..<onri Institution
Taylor, Anna R * Amerieau Asylum
Towusend, Alliert M Illinids Institution
Tuner. Luey M Ameiiean Asylum
Van Kirk,Joseph 8 : Pennsylvania Institution .
1876
8
i8o;i
14
l«.-i8
«
1801
11
1804
13
1807
(f)
1803
10
180.J
12
1870
12
1872
13
1871
a
1872
0
I88U
u
1878
10
1840
12
1883
7
1880
0
1850
13
1870
0
1877
8
1855
0
1858
10
1800
u
1808
17
1807
10
1809
10
1880
7
1878
21
1871
14
.86»
12
1870
12
1878
20
1871
fi
187:i
10
1878
8
1877
10
1818
14
1838
23
18:i8
13
1870
12
18.5.J
15
1803
12
1808
14
1863
0
1808
n
1m7
12
1874
7
18011
12
1883
12
1883
11
1883
10
1803
11
1872
11
1S73
11
18hl!
18
1875
8
1870
(?)
1851
13
1873
12
1804
15
1880
11
Both parents deaf-nintes.
Father a deat'.niuto.
Both \) irents deaf.mutes.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Mother a deaf-mute.
Both parents deaf-mutes.
Mother partially deaf.
Both parents tleaf-miites.
Do.
Father deaf in one ear.
Both parents deaf-nuites.
Do.
Do.
Do;
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Father very deaf.
Father a tleaf-miito.
Do.
Do.
Mother "hard of hearing.''
Mot Iter bei'omiug (leal.
Both parents deaf-mutes.
Do.
Do.
Father a little deaf.
Mother a deaf-nmte.
B;db parent.-* deaf-mutes.
Father a deaf-mute.
Motl'.or paitially deaf.
Do,
Both parents deaf-mutes.
Do.
Do,
Do.
Do.
Do.
Mot hern deaf mute.
Do.
Both iiar'Pis deafmutcs.
Do.
Bo.
THE FORMATION OF A DEAF VARIETY UF THE HUMAN RACE.
Taulk \V. — A partial list of deaf children of deaf parents — Continued.
81
Van Kirk, John ' Pennsylvania Institution
Van Kirk, Cliarlofl H do
Vaughn, Emily W lilimiis Institution
Watson, Frcilerick AV ' California lustitntlon
Wehstflr, Josopli i Now York Institution
Wells, Anna E : Illinois Institution
WoUs, Helen D ! Maryland School
West, Rebecca T A nicrican A sylum
West, George I do
West, Benjamin D do ,
West, Deidama J do
Wildfang, Daniel Wisconsin Institution
Wlldfang, Addie do
Williams, Laura Now York Institution
Williams, Elizabeth do
Williams, Harriot do
Weldt, William Louisiana Institution
Weldt, A do
Weidt, Annie do
Wise, Oeorgo A , Now England Industiial School ,
Wise, Lottie do
Wolpert, David II ] Colorado lustitntlon
Woolevor, Margaret Ann New York InHtltutlon . .
Worcester, Ira E I American Asylum
Works, William S I New York Institution
Works, Martha Jane .1 do
Works, Mary Ann \ do
Works, Charles H do
Whittlngton, Louis : Columbia In.' titution
Wyncoop, Cora A New York 1 istitutlon
Wyncoop, Frederick Wt'Stern Xe^.' York Institntioi
Zimmerman, Alice Maryland School
Zimmerman, Jennie do
18511
1801
1877
i%n
1850
180,1
lgH»
18r.U
1801 I
1808 I
1808 I
1800 j
1883 I
18;)3
1840
1830
1883
1883
1883
1881
1881
1874
1883
1879
1848
1848
18,51
1855
1800
1856
1877
1870
1883
It
11
0
15
12
10
8
12
13
13
12
12
e
12
12
12
13
11
8
U
8
7
12
0
13
13
13
(!)•
Uiiih par(mts ilcar-inutos.
Do.
1)0.
Motlior a dcaf-muto.
Father a (Ical'-uiuto.
Mother deaf adult lilb.
liotli paicuts dcafniutOH.
Mother a tlcaf-muto.
Do.
IJuth parents deaf-mutes.
Do.
Mother <'i deaf-inuto.
lloth ]iareuls deaf-mutes.
Father a deiif-ruutt*.
Both ]>ai'euts deaf and dumb.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Father deaf In one cox.
Mother partially deaf.
Ihith parents deaf-uiutes.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Mother a deaf-muto.
Father a deaf niuto.
Jlothera deaf-mute.
Both parents deaf mutes.
Do.
99 A— BELL 11
82
MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
Taule X. Showing per capita cost for the education of a deaf chili in an American institution.
■;»
■i I
Nnnio of Institution.
Knmber of pupils I Amount expended
Deo. 1, 1881. I fur mtppoi't.
Per oapitA.
Amoricau A»)luni, ITurlfDid.Conu
Now Yolk IiiHlitiition, New Yolk City
IViiiifiylvniiiii Inatilution
Ki iiliu'ky InHtitution
Oliio Institution
Virginia XuHtltution *
Indiana Institution
Tennessoe Institution
Nortli Carolina Inmitution
liiinois Institution
Goorgia Institut ion
South Carolina Institution
Iowa Institui ion
Wisconsin Inst itution
Micliigau Institution
Mississippi Institution
Columbia Institution (including tlio Xiitional (Jollcgp)
Alabama Institutiim
Cnlii'ornia Institution i
Missouri Institution
Kansas Institution ;
Le Coutoimx St. Mary's*
Minui'sota Institution
Improved Instruction Institution, New York
Clarke Institution, Massaclmsetts
Arkansas Institution
Maryland Institution
St. Joseph's Institution*
West Virginia Institution
Uregou Institut ion
Colorado Inst itution
Central Now York Institution
Western Penn.*ylvania Institution
We.steruNcw York Institution
I
Total.
180
481
819
139
432
85
325
103
99
BOS
47
87
192
478
249
67
117
44
108
100
14S
VIS
112
137
88
69
84
260
78
20
39
100
104
116
5,247
* Conducted by sisters of charity ; no salaries paid.
t Has a blinil department.
J Superintendent's last report states per capita cost $183.05.
$47,641
131,307
71,301
26, 705
79, 612
10, 185
54,831
24, 360
34,000
85,000
14,241
8,092
37, 359
40,888
43, 603
10,610
51, 108
12, 500
35, 352
43,410
19, rm
19, 100
24, 425
35, 454
25, 437
13,600
23, 180
27, 58K
19, 472
4,000
7, ,579
34, 287
19,011
27,901
1,171,571
$204 67
273 00
223 51
192 12
184 28
225 70
165 48
230 59
344 44
167 32
230 00
218 70
194 57
229 14
175 11
149 25
400 64
284 09
327 30
226 40
133 56
148 43
218 03
258 78
287 00
230 55
276 02
110 35
249 64
153 84
104 33
214 29
182 79
240 52
223-28
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*• APTENDIXZ.
The following table, coiubiiiing all the cases of luarriago rocor»l(Ml in Tables A to J, was sub-
mitted to Prof. Simon Ncwcomb for Lis opinion regarding the nnmber of congenital deaf-mutes
who had married congenital deaf-mutes. The Reports of the American Asylum and Illinois Insti-
tution give no information bearing on this point; but it seemetl possible to determine the proba-
bilities from the data given in the table, especially as tlie intermarriages, in a large proportion of
cases, undoubtedly occurred between deaf mutes who had been educated in the san.o Institution,
and who were therefore 6o</t included in the table:
OauBe of iluiifuess.
Congenital
Non-t!(ni>;( nitiil
Not stivted
Total
Deaf-iiintPH wlin am VLvordotl to
liavo inaniod (Icar-iiiiiti's,
Males.
ir)0
14
343
FoiualeB.
148
ir.a
11
Total.
ai)8
:i;u
311
(54
Dcaf'-iimtrs Mlatcil to liavo inanicil,
but who arc not rfc()r(lc<l to liavc
niai'i'ii'd deaf- in u tea.
Malc'H,
■.!7
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KeniaU's.
Total.
ur.
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a')
8
1,-1
(iO
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The main question proposed was this : Of the congenital deaf-mutes who are recorded to have
married deaf-mutes, what proportion have married congoiital deaf-uuites ?
Professor Newcomb has beeu kind enough to send the following letters in reply to the query:
I
Nautical Almanac Office, Navv DkI'autment,
llushingtoii, I). C, May W, 1884.
Dkar Mr. Bkll: AUhougli the (lucstion you usk seeniH to admit of a satisfactory answer, I notice a singular
defect iu the statistical table. It contains not a single case of a doaf-niuto being reported as having married a hearing
person. If this is an accidental omission iu making the copy for you it ought to bo correilrd. If there is really no
such record the case is very singular.* It would look as if the parties were ashamed to state that tbey had married
hearing persons, or tho recorders bad rejected all such cases.
The main question you ask cau, I think, be answered by the tlieory of probabilities. Your table, if I understand
it correctly, shows that out of 629 persons in the institution (of whom 32!) were males and 300 females) a little less
than one-balf (298) were congenital deaf-mutes. Now, I see no reason for supposing that the persons whom tbey
married would be divided in any essentially different proportion between the two classes.
It is true that could wo learu from the census tables how the entire deaf of the country of marriageable ages, say,
between tho ages of twenty and thirty, are divided between the two classes, our conclusions might bo nioililied. If,
for example, it should be found that of the total number of deaf alluded to only one-third were congenital caso.s, wo
•Only eleven deaf-mutes were specittcally stated to have married bearing persons, and 1.51 were recorded
simply as " married."
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MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
t
might be allowed to luppose that the marriages reported wore divided according to this ratio, rather than according
to the approximate ratio of equality found in the asylum. But wo should consider that this surplus of non-oon-
genltal deaf would indicate a class who associate principally with hearing persons, and who would, therefore, bo loss
likely to marry deaf-mutes than others would. I think, therefore, that under the circumstances, wo should regard
the ratio given by statistics of the institution as the most probable one. Of course the reason for this is strengthened
if, as yon intimate, a largo proportion of the statistics may be mutual. Allowing for a probable slight tendency of the
two classtw congenital and non-congenital to choose ouch other, I think the most probable conclusion would be this:
Of the congenital doaf one-half married congenital and one-half non-congenital deaf.
Of the non-congenital three-sevenths married congenital doaf and/our-»«i>«n«A» non-congenital deaf.
And I consider these results sufflcieutly probable to form the basis of conclusions In oases whore slight chaugoa
in the numbers would not change tho general result.
If you wish your table returned please inform mo.
Yours, very truly, ^ NEWCOMB.
Washington, D, C, May 26, 1884.
Deau Mr. Bell: The remarkable agreement between the ratio of congenital and non-congenital cases in the
census reports, and in tho numbers married, affords a strong confirmation of the probable soundness of the conclusion
I iudicRted to you. The small discrepancy to which you allude probably arose from the twenty-five " not stated"
oases. I return you the tables.
Yours, very truly, S. NEWCOMB.
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